Directv Incorporated v. Dennis Nicholas’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “any person whose... electronic communication is intercepted ... in violation of this chapter may in a civil action recover from the person or entity ... which engaged in that violation such relief as may be appropriate.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. DIRECTV, Inc. v. Bennett · 411 F. Supp. 2d 601 - Expert Business Systems, LLC v. Bi4ce, Inc.

2. “Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter any person who— (a) intentionally intercepts, endeavors to intercept, or procures any other person to intercept or endeavor to intercept, any wire, oral, or electronic communication; * sis sf; Hi * * (c) intentionally discloses, or endeavors to disclose, to any other person the contents of any wire, oral, or electronic communication, knowing or having reason to know that the information was obtained through the interception of a wire, oral, or electronic communication in violation of this subsection; (d) intentionally uses, or endeavors to use, the contents of any wire, oral, or electronic communication, knowing or having reason to know that the information was obtained through the interception of a wire, oral, or electronic communication in violation of this subsection; or * * * # * * shall be punished as provided in subsection (4) or shall be subject to suit as provided in subsection (5).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 411 F. Supp. 2d 601 - Expert Business Systems, LLC v. Bi4ce, Inc.

3. “[Construing 'proper' in this way gives the term a role to play in the application of § 403(a) that is independent from the role played by the phrase 'in accordance with the terms of the plan' and 'not contrary' to ERISA, which are the primary constraints on a directed trustee’s conduct. By so doing, this construction honors the principle of statutory construction that no term should be rendered superfluous, and that 'statutory language must be read in context because a phrase gathers meaning form the words around it.’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 424 F. Supp. 2d 1002 - In Re Cardinal Health, Inc. ERISA Litigation