Vanderberg v. Donaldson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 52 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In this circuit, '[the Foman standard] appl[ies] when a plaintiff seeks to amend after a judgment of dismissal has been entered by asking the district court to vacate its order of dismissal pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 59(e).'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Furr v. TD Bank, N.A

2. “is rationally related to the government's legitimate interests in deterring meritless claims and conserving judicial resources and, therefore, does not violate the Equal Protection Clause.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Farese v. Scherer

3. “A district court has not abused its discretion when the court has `a range of choices' and the court's choice `does not constitute a clear error of judgment.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Shotz v. City of Plantation