Williams v. Wilkerson’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Suckow Borax Mines Consolidated, Inc. v. Borax Consolidated, Ltd. · Suckow Borax Mines Consolidated, Inc. v. Borax Consolidated, Ltd. · Smith v. Blackledge · Anthony F. McDonald v. Frank A. Hall · Stanley Works v. Haeger Potteries, Inc.
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“there is no clear authority for the rule that parties must attach a copy of the proposed amended pleading to their motion for leave to amend. Nevertheless, because the Court does not believe that such a rule would be inappropriate and because ... authorities ... tend to support such a rule, the Court adopts this rule as the proper procedure to follow in seeking leave to amend a complaint under FRCP 15(a)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Wolgin v. Simon
How this case has been treated — in progress
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