Bredberg v. Long’s Empirical Analysis
778 F.2d 1285 · 1985
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 3 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 24 later decisions — most recently February 2015
9 federal appellate · 3 district · 3 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. § 1391 · 29 U.S.C. § 206 (Equal Pay Act of 1963)
Relies on Leroy v. Great Western United Corp. · Ruffalo v. Mahoning County Bar Ass'n · Dace v. ACF Industries, Inc. · Davis v. Re-Trac Manufacturing Corporation · Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 93,718 Glen J. Travis v. Anthes Imperial Limited
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(b) A civil action wherein jurisdiction is not founded solely on diversity of citizenship may, except as otherwise provided by law, be brought only in ... (2) a judicial district in which a substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim occurred, or a substantial part of property that is the subject of the action is situated, or (3) a judicial district in which any defendant may be found, if there is no district in which the action may otherwise be brought.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“(a) A civil action wherein jurisdiction is founded only on diversity of citizenship may, except as otherwise provided by law, be brought only in ... (2) a judicial district in which a substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim occurred, or a substantial part of property that is the subject of the action is situated[.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Punitive-damage awards must not exceed the level necessary properly to punish and deter. As we recently stated * * * “[W]e can see neither the justice nor sense in affirming a verdict which cannot possibly be satisfied. The purpose of punitive damages is to punish [the wrongdoer] for outrageous conduct, not to drain him of his life’s blood.””
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.