Allen v. Ferguson’s Empirical Analysis
791 F.2d 611 · 1986
Citation profile
30 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 56 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently November 2024 · most notably Ruhrgas Ag v. Marathon Oil Co. (1999), Brown v. Eli Lilly & Co. (2011)
30 federal appellate · 1 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. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1292 · 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005) · 28 U.S.C. § 1441 · 28 U.S.C. § 1443 · 28 U.S.C. § 1447 · 28 U.S.C. § 1448
Relies on Thermtron Products, Inc. v. Hermansdorfer · City of Waco Tex v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co · Gouveia v. Hammond Clinic & General Finance Co. · Wisconsin Knife Works v. National Metal Crafters · National Metalcrafters v. McNeil
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 56 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Of course, in keeping with the notions of judicial restraint, federal courts should not reach out to resolve complex and controversial questions when a decision may be based on a narrower ground.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In our opinion, the District Court properly exercised its discretion in first deciding the motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction over the defendants before considering the question of federal subject-matter jurisdiction.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“federalism concerns tip the scales in favor of initially ruling on the motion to remand.”
2 later decisions 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.