Flury v. Daimler Chrysler Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
427 F.3d 939 · 2005
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 6 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 79 later decisions — most recently May 2023 · most notably Goldsmith v. Bagby Elevator Co. (2008), Mann v. Taser International, Inc. (2009)
12 federal appellate · 6 district · 2 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Bonner v. City of Prichard · Hanna v. Plumer · Chambers v. Nasco, Inc. · State v. Simpson · Combs v. Plantation Patterns
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 79 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) whether the [movant] was prejudiced as a result of the destruction of evidence; (2) whether the prejudice could be cured; (3) the practical importance of the evidence; (4) whether the [spoliator] acted in good or bad faith; and (5) the potential for abuse if expert testimony about the evidence was not excluded. 2”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“denial of a motion for judgment as a matter of law de novo, and will reverse only if `the facts and inferences point overwhelmingly in favor of one party, such that reasonable people could not arrive at a contrary verdict.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“inherent power to manage its own affairs and to achieve the orderly and expeditious disposition of cases.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Dodson v. Belk, Inc.
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.