Lontz’s Empirical Analysis

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13 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 53 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Complete preemption is a jurisdictional doctrine, while ordinary preemption simply declares the primacy of federal law, regardless of the forum or the claim.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 665 F. Supp. 2d 541 - Long v. Boston Scientific Corp. · In Re Blackwater Security Consulting, Llc, a Delaware Limited Liability Company Blackwater Lodge and Training Center, Incorporated, a Delaware Corporation, in Re Justin L. McQuown Richard P. Nordan, as Ancillary Administrator for the Separate Estates of Stephen S. Helvenston, Mike R. Teague, Jerko Gerald Zovko and Wesley J.K. Batalona, and Estate of Stephen S. Helvenston Estate of Mike R. Teague Estate of Jerko Gerald Zovko Estate of Wesley J.K. Batalona v. Blackwater Security Consulting, Llc, a Delaware Limited Liability Company Blackwater Lodge and Training Center, Incorporated, a Delaware Corporation, and Justin L. McQuown an Individual Thomas Powell, Professional Services Council International Peace Operations Association American International Group, Incorporated, Amici Supporting Richard P. Nordan, as Ancillary Administrator for the Separate Estates of Stephen S. Helvenston, Mike R. Teague, Jerko Gerald Zovko and Wesley J.K. Batalona, and Estate of Stephen S. Helvenston Estate of Mike R. Teague Estate of Jerko Gerald Zovko Estate of Wesley J.K. Batalona v. Justin L. McQuown an Individual, and Blackwater Security Consulting, Llc, a Delaware Limited Liability Company Blackwater Lodge and Training Center, Incorporated, a Delaware Corporation Thomas Powell, Professional Services Council International Peace Operations Association American International Group, Incorporated, Amici Supporting

2. “the sine qua non of complete preemption is a preexisting federal cause of action that can be brought in the district courts. . . . Congress's allocation of authority to an agency and away from district courts defeats a complete preemption claim. . . .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Blackwater Security Consulting, Llc, a Delaware Limited Liability Company Blackwater Lodge and Training Center, Incorporated, a Delaware Corporation, in Re Justin L. McQuown Richard P. Nordan, as Ancillary Administrator for the Separate Estates of Stephen S. Helvenston, Mike R. Teague, Jerko Gerald Zovko and Wesley J.K. Batalona, and Estate of Stephen S. Helvenston Estate of Mike R. Teague Estate of Jerko Gerald Zovko Estate of Wesley J.K. Batalona v. Blackwater Security Consulting, Llc, a Delaware Limited Liability Company Blackwater Lodge and Training Center, Incorporated, a Delaware Corporation, and Justin L. McQuown an Individual Thomas Powell, Professional Services Council International Peace Operations Association American International Group, Incorporated, Amici Supporting Richard P. Nordan, as Ancillary Administrator for the Separate Estates of Stephen S. Helvenston, Mike R. Teague, Jerko Gerald Zovko and Wesley J.K. Batalona, and Estate of Stephen S. Helvenston Estate of Mike R. Teague Estate of Jerko Gerald Zovko Estate of Wesley J.K. Batalona v. Justin L. McQuown an Individual, and Blackwater Security Consulting, Llc, a Delaware Limited Liability Company Blackwater Lodge and Training Center, Incorporated, a Delaware Corporation Thomas Powell, Professional Services Council International Peace Operations Association American International Group, Incorporated, Amici Supporting · Blackwater Security Consulting Llc Jk Jk v. Llc

3. “to determine its own jurisdiction is a serious obligation, and not something that federal courts may easily take for themselves.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Blackwater Security Consulting, Llc, a Delaware Limited Liability Company Blackwater Lodge and Training Center, Incorporated, a Delaware Corporation, in Re Justin L. McQuown Richard P. Nordan, as Ancillary Administrator for the Separate Estates of Stephen S. Helvenston, Mike R. Teague, Jerko Gerald Zovko and Wesley J.K. Batalona, and Estate of Stephen S. Helvenston Estate of Mike R. Teague Estate of Jerko Gerald Zovko Estate of Wesley J.K. Batalona v. Blackwater Security Consulting, Llc, a Delaware Limited Liability Company Blackwater Lodge and Training Center, Incorporated, a Delaware Corporation, and Justin L. McQuown an Individual Thomas Powell, Professional Services Council International Peace Operations Association American International Group, Incorporated, Amici Supporting Richard P. Nordan, as Ancillary Administrator for the Separate Estates of Stephen S. Helvenston, Mike R. Teague, Jerko Gerald Zovko and Wesley J.K. Batalona, and Estate of Stephen S. Helvenston Estate of Mike R. Teague Estate of Jerko Gerald Zovko Estate of Wesley J.K. Batalona v. Justin L. McQuown an Individual, and Blackwater Security Consulting, Llc, a Delaware Limited Liability Company Blackwater Lodge and Training Center, Incorporated, a Delaware Corporation Thomas Powell, Professional Services Council International Peace Operations Association American International Group, Incorporated, Amici Supporting · Blackwater Security Consulting Llc Jk Jk v. Llc