In Re Vanessa Faith Pettle’s Empirical Analysis
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Pioneer Investment Services Company v. Brunswick Associates Limited Partnership · Ackermann v. United States · Nemaizer v. Baker · Seven Elves, Inc. v. Eskenazi · Edward Bohlin Co Inc v. Banning Co Inc C T H
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Where a party makes a considered choice ... he cannot be relieved of such a choice [under Rule 60(b) ] because hindsight seems to indicate to him that, as it turns out his decision was probably wrong.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“prevent a party from seeking relief on the ground of mistake or excusable neglect”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“On motion and upon such terms as are just, the court may relieve a party or a party’s legal representative from a final judgment, order, or proceeding for the following reasons: (1) mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect; ... (3) fraud (whether heretofore denominated intrinsic or extrinsic), misrepresentation, or other misconduct of an adverse party.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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