Brumfield v. Dodd’s Empirical Analysis
749 F.3d 339 · 2014
Citation profile
5 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Trbovich v. United Mine Workers · Zelman Superintendent of Public Instruction of Ohio et al. v. Simmons-Harris et al. · New Orleans Public Service, Inc. v. United Gas Pipe Line Co. · Edwards v. City of Houston · Sierra Club v. Espy
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) the application for intervention must be timely; (2) the applicant must have an interest relating to the property or transaction which is the subject of the action; (3) the applicant must be so situated that the disposition of the action may, as a practical matter, impair or impede his ability to protect that interest; (4) the applicant’s interest must be inadequately represented by the existing parties to the suit.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The impairment requirement does not demand that the movant be bound by a possible future judgment, and the current requirement is a great liberalization of the prior rule.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Although the movant bears the burden of establishing its right to intervene, Rule 24 is to be liberally construed.”
1 later decision 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.