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Chestnut v. Hall’s Empirical Analysis

284 F.3d 816 · 2002

Citation profile

19
cited by 19 later decisions
August 2014
most recently cited

11 federal appellate ·

Relationships

Relies on Knox v. State of Indiana · Gagan v. American Cablevision, Inc. · Maltby v. Winston · Haley v. Gross · Susan Wakeen Doll Company, Inc. v. Ashton-Drake Galleries

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

  1. “A party may be excused from complying with the formalities of Rule 51 where: (1) the party's position has been previously made clear to the court; and (2) further objection would be unavailing and futile.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “objections to jury instructions be made in a timely fashion and on the record, but also with sufficient specificity to apprise the district court of the legal and factual bases for any perceived defect.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “Failure to challenge a jury instruction in a civil case results in a waiver and precludes appellate review.”
    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.