Lemos v. Fencl’s Empirical Analysis
828 F.2d 616 · 1987
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 26 later decisions — most recently August 2001 · most notably Woodrum v. Woodward County (1989), Rachel v. Banana Republic, Inc. (1987)
17 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. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005) · 28 U.S.C. § 1447
Relies on Zaldivar v. City of Los Angeles · Gravitt v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. · Golden Eagle Distributing Corp. v. Burroughs Corp. · American Car Foundry Company v. Agnes Kettelhake · Southern Pac. Co. v. Haight
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“warrants that the motion is well-grounded in fact, that it is warranted by existing law or a good faith argument for an extension, modification, or reversal of existing law, and that it is not filed for an improper purpose.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“warranted by existing law or a good faith argument for the extension, modification or reversal of existing law cannot violate Rule 11 even if it is filed for an improper purpose.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Whether specific conduct violated Rule 11 is a legal question which we review de novo. We review factual determinations concerning the conduct for clear error and the amount or nature of the sanctions for an abuse of discretion.”
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.