Tigue v. E. R. Squibb & Sons, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 state decisions

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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Here, the local benefit is providing a forum to innocent victims of alleged wrongdoing by relaxing the traditional product identification requirement in tort law. Clearly, a legitimate state interest is furthered.... [Defendant] has failed to demonstrate that the burden here would be clearly excessive compared to the benefit.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. NAACP v. AcuSport, Inc.

2. “in relation to the putative local benefits”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. District of Columbia v. Beretta, U.S.A., Corp.