Dutcher v. Matheson’s Empirical Analysis
733 F.3d 980 · 2013
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 17 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 12 U.S.C. § 21 · 12 U.S.C. § 92A · 12 U.S.C. § 93 · 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005) · 28 U.S.C. § 1337 · 28 U.S.C. § 1441
Relies on Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Environment · Franchise Tax Board of the State of California v. Construction Laborers Vacation Trust for Southern California · Beneficial National Bank v. Anderson · United States Ramseyer v. Century Healthcare Corporation · Chesbrough v. Woodworth
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“that does not mean that the plaintiffs have stated a valid claim against Matheson and his law firm. Or even that Matheson and his law firm are not somehow fraudulently joined. But the defendants needed to clear a high hurdle to prove something they have yet to prove, i.e. , fraudulent joinder.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage“has simply limited the circumstances in which a lawyer owes a duty of care to non-clients from actions arising out of the provision of legal services.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“significant questions regarding the interaction1 of federal banking and state foreclosure laws” that”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.