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913 F.2d 37 · 1990

Citation profile

92
cited by 92 later decisions
January 2021
most recently cited

56 federal appellate · 24 district ·

How this case has been cited

Cited by 92 later decisions — most recently January 2021 · most notably Ryan v. Royal Insurance Co. of America (1990), Putnam Resources v. Pateman (1992)

56 federal appellate · 24 district ·

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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 Erie Co v. Tompkins · Correa-Martinez v. Arrillaga-Belendez · Freeman v. Package Machinery Co. · Ralph W. Moores, Jr. v. Nathan Greenberg, Ralph W. Moores, Jr. v. Nathan Greenberg · Kassel v. Gannett 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 92 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “[o]ur function is not to formulate a tenet which we, as free agents, might think wise, but to ascertain, as best we can, the rule that the state's highest tribunal would likely follow.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
    e.g. 782 F. Supp. 186 - Santiago v. Sherwin-Williams Co. · Kotler v. American Tobacco Co.
  2. “reject[s] state-court forum in favor of a federal forum ... is in a perilously poor position to grumble when we follow existing state precedent”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
    e.g. San Juan Dupont Plaza Hotel Fire Litigation Artau v. Hotel Systems International · CPC International, Inc. v. Northbrook Excess & Surplus Insurance
  3. “); Porter v. Nutter, 913 F.2d 37 , 41 (1st Cir.1990) (plaintiff who seeks out a federal venue in a diversity action should expect”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
    e.g. Ryan v. Royal Insurance Co. of America · Santiago v. Sherwin Williams Co.

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.