Oliney v. Gardner’s Empirical Analysis
771 F.2d 856 · 1985
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 29 later decisions — most recently June 2023 · most notably Brenda Curtis Alvin Williamson v. Citibank Na Citicorp North America Inc Citicorp Securities (2000), Finch v. Hughes Aircraft Co. (1991)
10 federal appellate · 2 district ·
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. § 1653
Relies on B.D. International Discount Corp. v. Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. · Strawbridge v. Curtiss · Strawbridge v. Curtiss · Field v. Volkswagenwerk AG · Pressroom Unions-printers League Income Security Fund v. Continental Assurance Co.
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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a plaintiff files a second complaint alleging the same cause of action as a prior, pending, related action, the second complaint may be dismissed.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“no right to maintain two separate actions involving the same subject matter at the same time in the same court and against the same defendant.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“by filing, and failing to inform the court or opposing counsel of a second identical suit while the first suit was still pending.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In re Thalheim
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.