Goodwin v. Reynolds’s Empirical Analysis
757 F.3d 1216 · 2014
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005) · 28 U.S.C. § 1441 · 28 U.S.C. § 1447
Relies on St Paul Mercury Indemnity Co v. Red Cab Co · Quackenbush California Insurance Commissioner v. Allstate Insurance Co · Thermtron Products, Inc. v. Hermansdorfer · Durham v. Florida East Coast Railway Co. · McCants v. Ford Motor Company Inc
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“plaintiffs from blocking removal by joining a forum defendant against whom the plaintiff does not intend to proceed against.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A civil action otherwise removable solely on the basis of the jurisdiction under section 1332(a) of this title may not be removed if any of the parties in interest properly joined and served as defendants is a citizen of the State in which such action is brought.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[b]ecause the likely purpose of this language is to prevent gamesmanship by plaintiffs ... we cannot believe that it constrains the district court's discretion under Rule 41(a)(2) to undo Defendants' gamesmanship in the circumstances at bar.”
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.