United States Steel v. M. DeMatteo Construction Co.’s Empirical Analysis

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13 federal appellate · 16 district · 6 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 50 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) the evidence has been discovered since the trial; (2) the evidence could not by due diligence have been discovered earlier by the movant; (3) the evidence is not merely cumulative or impeaching; and (4) the evidence is of such a nature that it would probably change the result were a new trial to be granted.”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 939 F. Supp. 2d 57 - Lumber Liquidators, Inc. v. Sullivan · Gonzalez-Pina v. Guillermo-Rodriguez

2. “[A] party who seeks relief from a judgment based on newly discovered evidence must, at the very least, offer a convincing explanation as to why he could not have proffered the crucial evidence at an earlier stage of the proceedings.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Gonzalez-Pina v. Guillermo-Rodriguez · Gonzlez-Pia v. Rodrguez

3. “newly discovered evidence which by due diligence could not have been discovered in time. . . .”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 18 Mass. L. Rptr. 375 - Cahaly v. Benistar Property Exchange Trust Co. · Gonzalez-Pina v. Guillermo-Rodriguez