Nesse v. Pittman’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
17 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Hickman v. Taylor · Upjohn Company v. United States · Fisher v. United States · Jaffee Special Administrator for Allen Deceased v. Redmond · National Labor Relations Board v. Plasterers' Local Union No. 79
Most-quoted passages
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“To construct such a large and nefarious conspiracy on a single alleged misstatement is not to prove prima facie the existence of that conspiracy. It is merely to charge that fraud occurred, and such a charge is insufficient. Blair’s “proof’ of a conspiracy to cover up SP’s lies is not proof at all; it is an ontological leap of faith.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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