Stauffer v. Brooks Bros.’s Empirical Analysis

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6 federal appellate · 3 district · 4 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “section 292 addresses a proprietary or a sovereign injury of the United States, or both (as does the False Claims Act ....).” Id. Nevertheless, the Court believes that a section 292(b) relator asserts an exclusively sovereign interest inasmuch as (1) the statute giving rise to the cause of action is a criminal one; with (2) no apparent proprietary harm caused by violations. 14 . The origin of these statutory controls can be traced to a 1943 amendment that sought”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Rogers v. TRISTAR PRODUCTS, INC.

2. “[T]he court must permit anyone to intervene who ... (2) claims an interest relating to the property or transaction that is the subject of the action, and is so situated that disposing of the action may as a practical matter impair or impede the movant’s ability to protect its interest, unless existing parties adequately represent that interest.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 798 F. Supp. 2d 1333 - San Francisco Technology, Inc. v. Graphic Packaging International, Inc.

3. “qui tam provision operates as a statutory assignment of the United States' rights, and 'the assignee of a claim has standing to assert the injury in fact suffered by the assignor.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State of Illinois ex rel. Leibowitz v. Family Vision Care, LLC