Mills v. Electronic Data Systems Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
Relationships
Relies on Wathen v. General Electric Co. · Cromwell v. Equicor-Equitable HCA Corp. · Alexander v. Electronic Data Systems Corp. · Bobby Jones Garden Apartments, Inc. v. Suleski · 141 Mich. App. 785 - Jenkins v. Southeastern Michigan Chapter, American Red Cross
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“There can be no fraudulent joinder unless it be clear that there can be no recovery under the law of the state on the cause alleged or on the facts in view of the law.... One or the other at least would be required before it could be said that there was no real intention to get a joint judgment, and that there was no colorable ground for so claiming.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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