Little v. Purdue Pharma, L.P.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that extensive regulation of the pharmaceutical industry did not justify federal officer removal ju risdiction for pharmaceutical company
• remanding suit against drug manufacturer and non-diverse pharmacies even though “[t]he pleadings are general in their nature; the specifics few”
• “a 15 federal court should hesitate before pronouncing a state claim frivolous, unreasonable, and not 16 even colorable in an area yet untouched by the state courts.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In Re Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (\MTBE\) Products Liability Litigation
  S.D. New York· 2004-03-16· cited 34×
• Jamison v. Purdue Pharma Co.
  S.D. Mississippi· 2003-02-05· cited 30×
• Virden v. Altria Group, Inc.
  N.D. West Virginia· 2004-01-30· cited 27×
• Brown v. Endo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  S.D. Alabama· 2014-08-05· cited 16×
• Guckin v. Nagle
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2003-04-28· cited 8×
• Garner v. SDH Services East, LLC
  M.D. Tennessee· 2014-10-21· cited 7×
• Parks v. Guidant Corp.
  N.D. Indiana· 2005-11-21· cited 3×
• Arnold v. Intervet, Inc.
  D. Maryland· 2003-05-12· cited 2×
• In Re Wireless Telephone Federal Cost Recovery Fees Litigation
  W.D. Missouri· 2004-09-23· cited 2×
• Jackson ex rel. Flynn v. Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.
  M.D. Tennessee· 2014-10-29· cited 1×
• Conn v. Whole Space Industries Co.
  S.D. Ohio· 2013-02-19
• NH Attorney General v. Bass Victory Committee
  D. New Hampshire· 2012-07-10

Cites

55 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Conley v. Gibson
  Supreme Court· 1957-11-18· cited 30,380×
• Caterpillar Inc. v. Williams
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-09· cited 6,547×
• City of Chicago v. International College of Surgeons
  Supreme Court· 1997-12-15· cited 6,055×
• Franchise Tax Bd. of Cal. v. Construction Laborers Vacation Trust for Southern Cal.
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-24· cited 5,652×
• Hishon v. King & Spalding
  Supreme Court· 1984-05-22· cited 5,292×
• Pilot Life Insurance v. Dedeaux
  Supreme Court· 1987-04-06· cited 3,459×
• Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Taylor
  Supreme Court· 1987-04-06· cited 3,207×
• Cipollone v. Liggett Group, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1992-06-24· cited 2,631×
• Christianson v. Colt Industries Operating Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1988-06-17· cited 2,587×
• Medtronic, Inc. v. Lohr
  Supreme Court· 1996-06-26· cited 2,291×
• Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Thompson Ex Rel. Thompson
  Supreme Court· 1986-07-07· cited 2,209×
• Gully v. First Nat. Bank in Meridian
  Supreme Court· 1936-11-09· cited 2,167×
• Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Mottley
  Supreme Court· 1908-11-16· cited 1,832×
• Carden v. Arkoma Associates
  Supreme Court· 1990-02-27· cited 1,364×
• Avco Corp. v. Aero Lodge No. 735, International Ass'n of MacHinists & Aerospace Workers
  Supreme Court· 1968-05-20· cited 1,021×
• Rivet v. Regions Bank of Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1998-02-24· cited 895×
• Stephen B. Batoff, ph.d. v. State Farm Insurance Company, Leonard M. Paul, ed.d
  Third Circuit· 1992-10-23· cited 592×
• Peterson v. Teodosio
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1973-05-30· cited 575×
• Mesa v. California
  Supreme Court· 1989-02-21· cited 500×
• Leroy Alexander v. Electronic Data Systems Corporation James Jeros Steven Brechtelsbauer Jane Doe
  Sixth Circuit· 1994-01-06· cited 342×