McKeage v. TMBC, LLC’s Empirical Analysis
847 F.3d 992 · 2017
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Missouri Western District Court)
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005)
Relies on Boeing Co. v. Van Gemert · Gisbrecht v. Barnhart · Venegas v. Mitchell · Twin City Pipe Line Co. v. Harding Glass Co. · County of Suffolk v. Long Island Lighting Co.
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he presence of a fee-shifting statute precludes a common fund award only when that result is required by the statutory scheme involved.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“a distinction between the amount a losing party may be required to pay”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“and the amount a class member should equitably be required to pay”
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.