Rath Packing Co. v. Becker

How courts have described this case

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

• no jurisdiction under former section 1331(a) where declaratory judgment plaintiff “is seeking an adjudication of a claim which is essentially meaningful only when pleaded as a defense to the particular pending state court actions”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

68 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Franchise Tax Bd. of Cal. v. Construction Laborers Vacation Trust for Southern Cal.
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-24· cited 5,652×
• Jones v. Rath Packing Co.
  Supreme Court· 1977-05-16· cited 1,459×
• Kennecott Corp. v. Smith
  Third Circuit· 1980-12-17· cited 123×
• In the Matter of the Arbitration Between Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Incorporated v. Helen Echo Haydu
  Fifth Circuit· 1981-02-19· cited 113×
• John Concordia v. J. Thomas Bendekovic, Jr., Lt. G. Simpson, Bruce Lee McCormick Leonard Leo Lanham
  Eleventh Circuit· 1982-12-16· cited 86×
• New Orleans Public Service, Inc. v. Warren C. Majoue
  Fifth Circuit· 1986-10-14· cited 85×
• First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Boston v. Carol S. Greenwald, Etc.
  First Circuit· 1979-02-05· cited 71×
• Alton Box Board Company v. Esprit De Corp.
  Ninth Circuit· 1982-04-23· cited 58×
• Home Federal Savings and Loan Association of Algona, Iowa v. Insurance Department of Iowa and Herbert W. Anderson, Commissioner of Insurance
  Eighth Circuit· 1978-02-21· cited 54×
• Colonial Penn Group, Inc., and Bay Loan and Investment Bank v. Colonial Deposit Company
  First Circuit· 1987-12-02· cited 48×
• Fleet Bank, National Ass'n v. Burke
  Second Circuit· 1998-11-09· cited 42×
• Gilmore Steel Corp. v. United States
  Court of International Trade· 1984-04-23· cited 39×
• Wong v. Bacon
  N.D. California· 1977-12-27· cited 39×
• American Meat Institute v. Leeman
  California Court of Appeal· 2009-12-22· cited 38×
• Hiatt Grain & Feed, Inc. v. Bergland
  D. Kansas· 1978-01-18· cited 35×
• Arrow Food Distributors, Inc. v. Love
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1978-07-12· cited 31×
• Ripplinger v. Collins
  Ninth Circuit· 1989-02-24· cited 30×
• Kennecott Copper Corp. v. Train
  Ninth Circuit· 1975-11-28· cited 29×
• Braniff International, Inc. v. Florida Public Service Commission
  Fifth Circuit· 1978-07-20· cited 28×
• Glendale Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Fox
  C.D. California· 1979-10-17· cited 27×

Cites

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

• Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co.
  Supreme Court· 1941-03-03· cited 3,480×
• Connally v. General Construction Co.
  Supreme Court· 1926-01-04· cited 3,272×
• Aetna Life Insurance v. Haworth
  Supreme Court· 1937-03-01· cited 3,033×
• Hines v. Davidowitz
  Supreme Court· 1941-01-20· cited 2,711×
• Gully v. First Nat. Bank in Meridian
  Supreme Court· 1936-11-09· cited 2,167×
• Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. Paul
  Supreme Court· 1963-06-17· cited 1,897×
• Parker v. Levy
  Supreme Court· 1974-06-19· cited 1,846×
• United States v. Harriss
  Supreme Court· 1954-06-07· cited 1,827×
• Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications Commission
  Supreme Court· 1969-06-09· cited 1,826×
• Skelly Oil Co. v. Phillips Petroleum Co.
  Supreme Court· 1950-06-05· cited 1,625×
• Smith v. Goguen
  Supreme Court· 1974-03-25· cited 1,514×
• Public Serv. Comm'n of Utah v. Wycoff Co.
  Supreme Court· 1952-12-22· cited 1,215×
• England v. Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
  Supreme Court· 1964-01-13· cited 1,211×
• Baggett v. Bullitt
  Supreme Court· 1964-06-01· cited 1,188×
• Kline v. Burke Construction Co.
  Supreme Court· 1922-11-20· cited 1,012×
• United States v. National Dairy Products Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1963-04-01· cited 902×
• Nash v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1913-06-09· cited 749×
• Rescue Army v. Municipal Court of Los Angeles
  Supreme Court· 1947-06-09· cited 667×
• Harman v. Forssenius
  Supreme Court· 1965-04-27· cited 645×
• Lake Carriers' Assn. v. MacMullan
  Supreme Court· 1972-05-30· cited 623×