United States Maritime Administration v. Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago Na’s Empirical Analysis
889 F.2d 1248 · 1989
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 15 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 140 later decisions — most recently June 2018 · most notably Litton Industries, Inc. v. Lehman Bros. Kuhn Loeb Inc. (1992), Lorraine Grace v. Robert Rosenstock (2000)
6 federal appellate · 15 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 11 U.S.C. § 365
Relies on Foman v. Davis · Gomez v. Toledo · Ss Silberblatt Inc Ss v. East Harlem Pilot Block Building Housing Development Fund Company Inc · Rapaport v. United States · State Teachers Retirement Board v. Fluor 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 140 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]n the absence of any apparent or declared reason — such as undue delay, bad faith, or dilatory motive on the part of the movant, repeated failure to cure deficiencies by amendments previously allowed, undue prejudice to the opposing party by virtue of allowance of the amendment, futility of amendment, etc. —the leave sought should, as the rules require, be “freely given.””
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“adverse party's burden of undertaking discovery, standing alone, does not suffice to warrant denial of a motion to amend a pleading.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“to assert an omitted affirmative defense on the written consent of the adverse party or by leave of court, which 'shall be freely given when justice so requires.'”
3 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.