Rayner v. Raytheon Co.’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
13 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 28 U.S.C. § 1446 · 28 U.S.C. § 1447 · 29 U.S.C. § 1001 (§ 2 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)
Relies on Shamrock Oil & Gas Corp. v. Sheets · Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Thompson Ex Rel. Thompson · Healy Nh v. Ratta · Home Builders Association of Mississippi Inc v. City of Madison Mississippi · Willy v. Coastal Corp.
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[g]enerally, a dismissal with prejudice connotes an adjudication on the merits.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“If, on a motion to dismiss for failure of the pleading to state a claim upon which relief can be granted matters outside the pleading are presented to and not excluded by the court, the motion shall be treated as one for summary judgment and disposed of as provided in Rule 56, and all parties shall be given reasonable opportunity to present all material made pertinent to such a motion by Rule 56.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“[T]he federal court's `comments' regarding the merits of Rayner's claims will not subject his new action to the doctrines of res judicata or claim preclusion because those `comments' concerning the merit of his claims were made without subject matter jurisdiction and cannot be used against his new action.”
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.