Locke v. Bonello’s Empirical Analysis
965 F.2d 534 · 1992
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1652 (Rules of Decision Act)
Relies on Erie Co v. Tompkins · Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United States · McClellan v. Carland · 60 Ill. 2d 350 - Illinois Bell Telephone Co. v. Allphin · Lumen Construction, Inc. v. Brant Construction 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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“there is another action pending between the same parties for the same cause.”
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.