Gaus v. Miles, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
980 F.2d 564 · 1992
Citation profile
51 federal appellate · 86 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 386 later decisions — most recently March 2022 · most notably Gafford v. General Electric Co. (1993), Allen v. R & H Oil & Gas Co. (1995)
51 federal appellate · 86 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. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005)
Relies on McNutt v. General Motors Acceptance Corp. · St Paul Mercury Indemnity Co v. Red Cab Co · Emrich v. Touche Ross & Co. · Libhart v. Santa Monica Dairy 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 386 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[f]ederal jurisdiction must be rejected if there is any doubt as to the right of removal in the first instance.”
15 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The 'strong presumption' against removal jurisdiction means that the defendant always has the burden of establishing that removal is proper.”
13 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“strictly construe[s] the removal statute against removal jurisdiction,”
10 later decisions 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.