Western Systems, Inc. v. Ulloa’s Empirical Analysis
958 F.2d 864 · 1992
Citation profile
57 federal appellate · 6 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 108 later decisions — most recently May 2019 · most notably Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council, Inc. v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (2003), Latman v. Burdette (2004)
57 federal appellate · 6 district · 1 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
Relies on Younger v. Harris · Cooter & Gell v. Hartmarx Corp. · Chambers v. Nasco, Inc. · Roadway Express, Inc. v. Piper · Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, 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 108 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Whether two events are part of the same transaction or series depends on whether they are related to the same set of facts and whether they could conveniently be tried together.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“To read Choo as the other Circuits have ... would in essence be to read res judicata entirely out of section 2283. Any issue which was “actually litigated” by the parties in a prior proceeding will be barred by collateral estoppel (“issue preclusion”), without any need to rely on res judicata (“claim preclusion”).”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he question whether the district court had the power to issue the injunction is... reviewed de novo, while its decision to exercise that power is reviewed for an abuse of discretion.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Roberts v. Heim · Sandpiper Village Condominium Association, Inc., a Florida Corporation and All Others Similarly Situated Craig Ostergren, Co-Conservator for Keith Ostergren, a Minor, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated Cheryl Ostergren, Co-Conservator for Keith Ostergren, a Minor, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated Keith Ostergren, a Minor Byron Alton Susan Alton Cpc Ltd., Washington Real Estate Developer v. Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, Lester Building Systems, a Division of Butler Manufacturing Company Lester's of Minnesota, Inc., State of Minnesota, Respondent-Amicus, and Harry A. Merlo, State of Minnesota, Insurance Company of North America Cigna Insurance Company of North America Northwestern Pacific Indemnity Company, Agricultural Insurance Company National Union Fire Insurance Company Lexington Insurance Company Granite State Insurance Company, Defendant-Intervenors v. James W. Gilles Dale J. Matherly Douglas Meckling Michael L. Watts, Plaintiff-Intervenors
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.