188 F. Supp. 2d 1239 - Cerit v. Cerit’s Empirical Analysis

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5 federal appellate · 2 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Moreover, even if the [state court] proceeding were inadequate, the fact remains that Petitioner filed an ICARA petition in state court and the issues central to such a petition were lengthy addressed by the court. If Petitioner found any ruling “inadequate,” Petitioner should have availed himself of his various remedies, including, for example, filing a motion for clarification, a motion for reconsideration, or an appeal. Petitioner cannot now expect the federal court to entertain a petition raised in state court simply because he feels the state court’s ruling was “inadequate.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 646 F. Supp. 2d 1176 - Witherspoon v. Orange County Dept. of Social Services

2. “(1) 'assumption by either court of jurisdiction over a res; (2) relative inconvenience of the fora; (3) avoidance of piecemeal litigation; (4) the order in which jurisdiction was obtained by the concurrent forums; (5) the extent to which federal law provides the rules of decision on the merits; and (6) the adequacy of the state proceedings in protecting the rights of the party invoking federal jurisdiction.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 964 F. Supp. 2d 631 - Biel v. Bekmukhamedova