Pamida Inc’s Empirical Analysis
Citation profile
31
cited by 31 later decisions
3
states following
December 2019
most recently cited
7 district · 5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Hickman v. Taylor · United States v. Nobles · Helvering v. Gowran · In re Sealed Case · Shelton v. American Motors Corp.
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he Shelton test was intended to protect against the ills of deposing counsel in a pending case which could potentially lead to the disclosure of the attorney’s litigation strategy.... But Shelton was not intended to provide heightened protection to attorneys who represented a client in a completed case and then also happened to represent that same client in a pending case where the information known only by the attorneys regarding the prior concluded case was crucial.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“harassing practice of deposing opposing counsel... that does nothing for the administration of justice but rather prolongs and increases the costs of litigation, demeans the profession, and constitutes an abuse of the discovery process.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The issues on which Dynasty seeks to depose the [Pamida] attorneys are central to the instant litigation and include what actions Pamida took to give Dynasty notice of the patent infringement action brought by Maxwell and its claim for indemnity from Dynasty as well as whether the $750,000 in attorneys’ fees sought by Pamida were reasonably incurred in defending the patent infringement action.”
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.