Butler v. Balolia’s Empirical Analysis
736 F.3d 609 · 2013
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 17 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005)
Relies on Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · Ashcroft v. Iqbal · Erie Co v. Tompkins · Securities & Exchange Commission v. Tambone · Haley v. City of Boston
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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A] federal court sitting in diversity should not simply throw up its hands, but, rather, should endeavor to predict how that court would likely decide the question.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a] federal court should consult the types of sources that the state's highest court would be apt to consult, including analogous opinions of that court, decisions of lower courts in the state, precedents and trends in other jurisdictions, learned treatises, and considerations of sound public policy.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[m]any more jurisdictions have recognized the enforceability of contracts to negotiate than have repudiated that doctrine .... [and] the trend line appears to be moving steadily in favor of recognizing a cause of action for breach of a contract to negotiate.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.