Thea v. Kleinhandler’s Empirical Analysis
807 F.3d 492 · 2015
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005)
Relies on Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · Ashcroft v. Iqbal · Erie Co v. Tompkins · Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co. · Hanna v. Plumer
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.
“Although the statute of limitations is ordinarily an affirmative defense that must be raised in the answer, a statute of limitations defense may be decided on a Rule 12(b)(6) motion if the defense appears on the face of the complaint.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Where jurisdiction is predicated on diversity of citizenship, a federal court must apply the choice-of-law rules of the forum state.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“when a nonresident plaintiff sues upon a cause of action that arose outside of New York, the court must apply the shorter limitations period, including all relevant tolling provisions, of either: (1) New York; or (2) the state where the cause of action accrued.”
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.