Nichols v. Stapleton’s Empirical Analysis
877 F.2d 1401 · 1989
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1292 · 9 U.S.C. § 15 (Federal Arbitration Act) · 9 U.S.C. § 3 · 9 U.S.C. § 4
Relies on United States v. Haughton · Van Ness Townhouses v. Mar Industries Corp. · Friel v. Cessna Aircraft 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'[W]hen a statute is addressed to remedies or procedures and does not otherwise alter substantive rights, it will be applied to pending cases'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“should have an opportunity to request such certification because, at the time he appealed, the law did not require it.”
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.