Lipsitt v. Plaud’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 10 district · 30 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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"An employee claiming to be aggrieved by a violation of this section may, ... within [three] years after the violation, institute and prosecute in his own name and on his own behalf, or for himself and for others similarly situated, a civil action for injunctive relief, for any damages incurred, and for any lost wages and other benefits. An employee so aggrieved who prevails in such an action shall be awarded treble damages, as liquidated damages, for any lost wages and other benefits and shall also be awarded the costs of the litigation and reasonable attorneys' fees."”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ferman v. Sturgis Cleaners, Inc. · Gammella v. P.F. Chang's China Bistro, Inc.

2. “agree[ment] with the general proposition ... that a plaintiff should not be allowed to circumvent procedural or other requirements imposed by a particular statute by pleading a common-law cause of action that asserts a right created under that statute and not previously recognized at common law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 95 Mass. App. Ct. 317 - Donis v. American Waste Services, LLC

3. “[B]ecause the factual allegations in [the] original complaint were sufficient to state a claim ... it follows that a fortiori, [the] amended complaint, which expands on and supplements those factual allegations, is also sufficient”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 93 Mass. App. Ct. 572 - Brown v. Sav. Bank Life Ins. Co. of Mass.