Dillon v. Combs

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “A federal rule of decision is necessary but not sufficient for federal jurisdiction. There must also be a right of action to enforce that rule.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Raymond Cross v. Mark Fox
  Eighth Circuit· 2022-01-14· cited 16×
• Vazquez v. Central States Joint Board
  N.D. Illinois· 2008-02-29· cited 14×
• Neel v. Pippy
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 2003-03-06· cited 1×
• Stephens v. High Voltage Maintenance Co.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2004-07-08

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Franchise Tax Bd. of Cal. v. Construction Laborers Vacation Trust for Southern Cal.
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-24· cited 5,652×
• Cort v. Ash
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-17· cited 3,337×
• Cannon v. University of Chicago
  Supreme Court· 1979-05-14· cited 2,763×
• Christianson v. Colt Industries Operating Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1988-06-17· cited 2,587×
• Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Thompson Ex Rel. Thompson
  Supreme Court· 1986-07-07· cited 2,209×
• Touche Ross & Co. v. Redington
  Supreme Court· 1979-06-18· cited 1,881×
• Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Curran
  Supreme Court· 1982-05-03· cited 759×
• Golden State Transit Corp. v. City of Los Angeles
  Supreme Court· 1989-12-05· cited 756×
• Hawaii v. Standard Oil Co. of Cal.
  Supreme Court· 1972-03-01· cited 658×
• Karahalios v. National Federation of Federal Employees, Local 1263
  Supreme Court· 1989-03-06· cited 284×
• Leatrice Carter v. Robert B. Berger and the Berger Group, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1985-11-21· cited 98×
• Dillon v. Combs
  Seventh Circuit· 1990-02-15· cited 20×
• New York v. Seneci
  Second Circuit· 1987-05-05· cited 12×