School Asbestos Litigation Kaiser Gypsum Company Inc v. Kelly School Asbestos Litigation United States Gypsum Company’s Empirical Analysis
921 F.2d 1310 · 1990
Citation profile
18 federal appellate · 14 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 84 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2017 · most notably Haines v. Liggett Group Inc. (1992), Kaiser Cement Corp. v. Lake Asbestos of Quebec, Ltd. (1991)
18 federal appellate · 14 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 28 U.S.C. § 1292 · 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005) · 28 U.S.C. § 1651
Relies on United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs · St Paul Mercury Indemnity Co v. Red Cab Co · Kerr v. United States Dist. Court for Northern Dist. of Cal. · Owen Equipment & Erection Co. v. Kroger · Permian Basin Area Rate Cases
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 84 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“clear and indisputable lack of subject matter jurisdiction in the district court.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re School Asbestos Litigation. The Celotex Corporation, Carey Canada Inc., Armstrong World Industries, Inc., Asbestos Corp., Ltd., Bell Mines, Ltd., Asten Group, Basic, Inc., Benjamin Foster-Amchem, Union Carbide Corp., Cassiar Resources, Ltd., Brinco Mining, Dana Corporation, Empire Ace Insulation, Fibreboard, Gaf Corporation, Georgia-Pacific Corp., Uniroyal, Inc., W.R. Grace & Company, Kaiser Cement Corp., Pfizer, Inc., Pittsburgh Corning Corp., H.K. Porter Corp., Southern Textile Corp., Rockwool Manufacturing Co., Wilkin Insulation, C. Tennant & Sons, U.S. Mineral, No. 90-1217 v. The Honorable James McGirr Kelly, Nominal No. 90-1217, and Barnwell School District No. 45, School District of Lancaster, Manheim Township School District, Lampeter-Strasburg School District, Board of Education of the Memphis City Schools and a Conditionally Certified Class, No. 90-1217. In Re School Asbestos Litigation. Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc., No. 90-1219 v. The Honorable James McGirr Kelly, Nominal No. 90-1219, and Barnwell School District No. 45, School District of Lancaster, Manheim Township School District, Lampeter-Strasburg School District, Board of Education of the Memphis City Schools, and a Conditionally Certified Class, No. 90-1219 · In Re School Asbestos Litigation“It is hornbook law, based on 66 years of Supreme Court precedent, that complete diversity is required only between the named plaintiffs and the named defendants in a federal class action.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a writ of mandamus may appear more appropriate when the request is for an order mandating action, [while] a writ of prohibition may be more accurate when the request is to prohibit action,” but that”
2 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.