Beckman Industries, Inc. v. International Insurance’s Empirical Analysis
966 F.2d 470 · 1992
Citation profile
55 federal appellate · 15 district · 21 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 174 later decisions — most recently July 2025 · most notably Pansy v. Borough of Stroudsburg (1994), Northwest Forest Resource Council v. Glickman (1996)
55 federal appellate · 15 district · 21 state decisions — followed in 16 states
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Relationships
Relies on Vandygriff v. Phillips · Hannahville Indian Community v. United States · United States v. McConney · Diamond v. Charles · Halas v. Department of Energy
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 174 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A] court may grant permissive intervention where the applicant for intervention shows (1) independent grounds for jurisdiction; (2) the motion is timely; and (3) the applicant's claim or defense, and the main action, have a question of law or a question of fact in common.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“justice requires [a protective order] to protect a party or person from annoyance, embarrassment, oppression, or undue burden or expense....” Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(c).”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“[A]lthough there is ample justification for the common fact or law requirement when the proposed intervenors seek to become a party to the action, [t]here is no reason to require such a strong nexus of fact or law when a party seeks to intervene only for the purpose of modifying a protective order.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
How this case has been treated — in progress
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