Dortch v. Fowler’s Empirical Analysis
588 F.3d 396 · 2009
Citation profile
9 federal appellate ·
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005)
Relies on Morales v. American Honda Motor Co. · Freitag v. Ayers · Baker v. Elcona Homes Corp. · Allen v. Highlands Hospital Corp. · 152 N.C. App. 15 - Guthrie v. Conroy
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“). Whether to grant a motion in limine falls within the sound discretion of the trial court. Delay , 2012 WL 5878873 , at . III. LAW & ANALYSIS Only relevant evidence is admissible. Fed. R. Evid. 402. Evidence is relevant if "it has any tendency to make a fact more or less probable,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A] piece of evidence does not need to carry a party's evidentiary burden in order to be relevant; it simply has to advance the ball.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“reverse only if we are firmly convinced of a mistake that affects substantial rights and amounts to more than harmless error.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hohman v. Eadie
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.