Iantosca v. Step Plan Services, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis

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5 federal appellate · 14 district · 2 state decisions

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

1. “(1) the likelihood of success on the merits; (2) the potential for irreparable harm if the injunction is denied; (3) the balance of relevant impositions, i.e., the hardship to the nonmovant if enjoined as contrasted with the hardship to the movant if no injunction issues; and (4) the effect (if any) of the court’s ruling on the public interest.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 786 F. Supp. 2d 398 - Canadian National Railway Co. v. Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway, Inc. · 800 F. Supp. 2d 312 - Phippsburg Shellfish Conservation Commission v. United States Army Corps of Engineers

2. “Res judicata, in its claim preclusion aspect, is intended to prevent the re-litigation of claims already litigated or that should have been litigated in an earlier action.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Martone v. Sokol, et al.

3. “[t]o extend claim preclusion in favor of new defendants, who were not named or served as parties in the earlier litigation, would be dubious as a matter of policy.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Harding