Epps v. Howes’s Empirical Analysis

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8 district ·

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

1. “(1) the newly discovered evidence concerns facts that existed at the time of trial or another dispositive proceeding; (2) the party seeking relief was justifiably ignorant of the evidence despite his or her due diligence; (3) the evidence is admissible and of such importance that it probably would have changed the outcome; and (4) the evidence must not be merely cumulative or impeaching.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Barnard v. Department of Homeland Security

2. “is not premised on one of the grounds for relief enumerated in clauses (b)(1) through (b)(5).” Liljeberg v. Health Servs. Acquisition Corp., 486 U.S. 847, 863 , 108 S.Ct. 2194 , 100 L.Ed.2d 855 (1988). Because plaintiff’s motion to reopen based on”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Douglas v. District of Columbia Housing Authority