In Re Tom C. Cooper And, Associates Financial Services Company, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on In re Watkins · Schnabel v. Wells · Prisco v. Frank · Securities and Exchange Commission v. Honorable Ben Krentzman, District Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida · Paradyne Corporation Siegrist
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A] district court has no discretion to salvage an action once the court has found a violation of [Rule 4(m) ] and a lack of good cause.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Mendez v. Elliot · Brown v. Nichols“The only conceivable alternative [to mandamus relief]--inevitable reversal by this court after the defendants have been forced to endure full discovery, full litigation, and a full trial--is scarcely adequate”
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.