Simon v. Smith & Nephew, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
2014
Citation profile
1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 360C (Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 360K (Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act)
Relies on Foman v. Davis · Riegel v. Medtronic, Inc. · McCarthy v. Dun & Bradstreet Corp. · Shrader v. CSX Transportation, Inc. · Dougherty v. Town of North Hempstead Board of Zoning Appeals
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“neither an occasion for repeating old arguments previously rejected nor an opportunity for making new arguments that could have previously been made.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.