Epstein v. C.R. Bard, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
460 F.3d 183 · 2006
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 19 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 38 later decisions — most recently November 2023 · most notably Nisselson v. Lernout (2006), United States ex rel. Rost v. Pfizer, Inc. (2007)
9 federal appellate · 19 district · 3 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 Conley v. Gibson · Correa-Martinez v. Arrillaga-Belendez · Johnston v. Holiday Inns, Inc. · Bowen v. Eli Lilly & Co. · LaChapelle v. Berkshire Life Insurance
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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'when a plaintiff discovers, or any earlier date when she should reasonably have discovered, that she has been harmed or may have been harmed by the defendant's conduct.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“to plead with particularity the facts giving rise to the fraudulent concealment claim.” Epstein v. C.R. Bard, Inc., 460 F.3d 183, 189-190 (1st Cir.2006); J. Geils Band Employee Benefit Plan v. Smith Barney Shear-son, Inc., 76 F.3d 1245, 1255 (1st Cir.1996). It is well-established that”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“a complaint should not be dismissed for failure to state a claim unless it appears beyond doubt that the plaintiff can prove no set of facts in support of his claim which would entitle him to relief.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.