Afa Tours Inc v. Whitchurch’s Empirical Analysis
937 F.2d 82 · 1991
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 8 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 73 later decisions — most recently May 2020 · most notably Packard, United States v. Rem (1994)
17 federal appellate · 8 district · 2 state decisions
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 Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · St Paul Mercury Indemnity Co v. Red Cab Co · Raphan v. United States · Soto v. United States · Timely Products Corp. v. Arron
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 73 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“an appropriate and reasonable opportunity to show good faith in believing that a recovery in excess of the jurisdictional amount is reasonably possible.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Humphreys · Humphreys v. Fuselier“'[T]he sum claimed by the [petitioner] controls if the claim is apparently made in good faith. It must appear to a legal certainty that the claim is really for less than the jurisdictional amount to justify dismissal.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[I]f punitive damages are permitted under the controlling law, the demand for such damages may be included in determining whether the jurisdictional amount is satisfied.”
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.