Whittlestone, Inc. v. Handi-Craft Co.’s Empirical Analysis
618 F.3d 970 · 2010
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 6 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
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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 85 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“strike from a pleading an insufficient defense or any redundant, immaterial, impertinent, or scandalous matter.”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“to avoid the expenditure of time and money that must arise from litigating spurious issues by dispensing with those issues prior to trial.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Rule 12(f) does not authorize district courts to strike claims for damages on the ground that such claims are precluded as a matter of law.”
2 later decisions 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.