Vaughn v. Ruoff’s Empirical Analysis
304 F.3d 793 · 2002
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
October 2015
most recently cited
5 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Relies on County of Sacramento v. Lewis · Hahn v. Star Bank · Wudtke v. Davel · Margaret Vaughn v. Sutton Ruoff · Aerotronics, Inc. v. Pneumo Abex 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The trial court has broad discretion in formulating jury instructions.”
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.