Peterson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 district · 1 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “those means that are illegal or independently tortious, such as violations of statutes, regulations, or recognized common-law rules.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. American Chiropractic Association, Incorporated v. Trigon Healthcare, Incorporated · American Chiropractic Association Incorporated Dc

2. “show that the defendant interfered by employing improper methods.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. American Chiropractic Association, Incorporated v. Trigon Healthcare, Incorporated · American Chiropractic Association Incorporated Dc

3. “The place of operations test presumes the existence of physical operations by which a corporation’s presence in different states can be measured. As a result, the test is applied when a company has multiple centers of manufacturing, purchasing, or sales. By contrast, a corporation engaged primarily in the ownership and management of investment assets such as debt or equities is not really geographically bound. Because such corporations can readily transfer and move their investment assets, a jurisdictional test focusing on the location of operations makes little sense. [Sterling] is essentially a passive investment vehicle. [Plaintiff Justus’ used it to allow his- IRA account] to acquire and own the [stock]. Accordingly, [Sterling] does not have any manufacturing plants, purchasing centers, or sales facilities — the normal indicia of a corporation’s place of operations. [Sterling] owns only the [stock] .... Given these facts, we believe that application of the place of operations test would be inappropriate- Courts normally find the nerve center “where the activities of the corporation are controlled and directed,” or “where its executive headquarters are located.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 54 F. Supp. 2d 581 - Turnamics, Inc. v. Advanced Envirotech Systems, Inc.