Pfingston v. Ronan Engineering Co.’s Empirical Analysis
284 F.3d 999 · 2002
Citation profile
18 federal appellate · 14 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1927 · 31 U.S.C. § 3729 (False Claims Act) · 31 U.S.C. § 3730 (False Claims Act) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Roadway Express, Inc. v. Piper · Oliveri v. Thompson · International Union of Bricklayers & Allied Craftsman Local Union No. 20 v. Martin Jaska, Inc. · Bolker v. Commissioner · Wang Cc v. Fmc Corporation
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 103 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a party must either move to strike the affidavit or otherwise lodge an objection with the district court.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“clearly frivolous, clearly vexatious, or brought primarily for purposes of harassment,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“failure to conduct discovery diligently,”
2 later decisions 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.