Chestnut Hill Development Corp. v. Otis Elevator Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 7 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 20 later decisions — most recently June 2019
1 federal appellate · 7 district · 7 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005) · 28 U.S.C. § 1441
Relies on Parklane Hosiery Co. v. Shore · Commissioner v. Sunnen · Blonder-Tongue Laboratories, Inc. v. University of Illinois Foundation · Cromwell v. County of Sac · Angel v. Bullington
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is well settled, however, that even where the technical requirements of res judicata have been established, a court may nonetheless refuse to apply the doctrine. . . . Because the doctrine of res judicata is grounded upon considerations of fairness and efficient judicial administration, the doctrine should not be applied rigidly where such interests would not be served.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“judgment is entered against a plaintiff in an action and the plaintiff then brings a second action, asserting a different theory of recovery, in an attempt to obtain a second, more favorable judgment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.