Drewes v. Ilnicki’s Empirical Analysis
863 F.2d 469 · 1988
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently October 2015 · most notably Ankenbrandt Lr Sr v. A Richards (1992), Sammye R. Holloway v. Sally Brush Clermont County, Ohio (2000)
4 federal appellate · 2 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)
Relies on Hiram Barber v. Huldah a Barber by Her Next Friend George Cronkhite · Hooks v. Hooks · Jagiella v. Jagiella · McIntyre v. McIntyre · Firestone III v. Cleveland Trust Company a
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.
“Valid reasons have been given in support of federal courts abstaining from exercising jurisdiction over domestic relations cases. The field of domestic relations involves local problems “peculiarly suited to state regulation and control and peculiarly unsuited to control by the federal courts.” ... Because state courts historically have decided these matters, they have developed a proficiency and expertise in these cases and a strong interest in disposing of them.”
2 later decisions 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.