Guilbeau v. Pfizer Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
880 F.3d 304 · 2018
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 331 (Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 355 (Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 1407 · 5 U.S.C. § 552 (Freedom of Information Act)
Relies on Wyeth v. Levine · Watters v. Wachovia Bank, N. A. · Sorrell v. IMS Health Inc. · PLIVA, Inc. v. Mensing · PLIVA, Inc. v. Mensing
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“an actual conflict between state and federal law such that it is impossible for a person to obey both.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“federal law controls and the state-law tort claims must be dismissed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“preemption is a legal question for determination by the courts....”
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.