Cannon v. Kroger Co.’s Empirical Analysis
837 F.2d 660 · 1988
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently August 2021 · most notably Braud v. Transport Service Co. (2006), Bush v. Cheaptickets, Inc. (2005)
9 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. § 1441 · 29 U.S.C. § 160 (§ 10 of the National Labor Relations Act) · 29 U.S.C. § 185 (§ 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 (Taft-Hartley Act))
Relies on Vaca v. Sipes · DelCostello v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters · Chevron Oil Co. v. Huson · Burnett v. New York Central Railroad · Chase Securities Corp. v. Donaldson
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a federal court must honor state court rules governing commencement of civil actions when an action is first brought in state court and then removed to federal court”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“Whether any case is pending in the Illinois courts is a question to be determined by Illinois law”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“Clearly, ... when process has been adequate to bring in the parties and to start the case on a course of judicial handling which may lead to final judgment without issuance of new initial process, it is enough to commence the action within the federal statute.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.