Hoffman v. Construction Protective Services, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
541 F.3d 1175 · 2008
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 5 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 35 later decisions — most recently February 2025 · most notably CQ, Inc. v. TXU Mining Co., L.P. (2009), R & R Sails, Inc. v. Insurance Co. of Pennsylvania (2012)
6 federal appellate · 5 district ·
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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291
Relies on Wong v. Regents of the University of California · Engquist v. Oregon Department of Agriculture · National Distribution Agency v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance · Schneider v. County of San Diego · Yeti by Molly Ltd. v. Deckers Outdoor Corp.
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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“evidence on a motion, at a hearing, or at a trial, unless the failure was substantially justified or is harmless.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Any local rule requiring a conference prior to the court's imposition of sanctions under Rule 37(c) would be inconsistent with Rule 37(c) and, therefore, unenforceable”). . The Court is similarly unpersuaded by SFR’s contention that sanctions should not be imposed because Nationstar's counsel”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“self-executing, automatic sanction to provide a strong inducement for disclosure of material.”
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.