Kaiser v. Memorial Blood Center of Minneapolis, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
938 F.2d 90 · 1991
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 24 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2010
13 federal appellate · 1 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. § 1441
Relies on D'Oench, Duhme & Co. v. Federal Deposit Insurance · Osborn v. President Directors and Company of the Bank of the United States · Martinez v. Rodriquez · Bankers Trust Company v. Texas & Pacific Railway Company · Alumax Mill Products, Inc. v. Congress Financial 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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In the absence of controlling precedent in the decisions of the Minnesota Supreme Court which would enable this court to reach a sound decision without indulging in speculation or conjecture, we believe the better practice is to seek a definitive resolution of th[is] state law question[ ] by the Minnesota Supreme Court.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the power to sue and be sued in courts of law and equity, State or Federal, within the jurisdiction of the United States.”
1 later decision 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.