Rain v. Rolls-Royce Corp.’s Empirical Analysis

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5 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions

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

1. “application of the privilege here allows [the manufacturer] to pursue its claims against third parties without fear of future legal liability arising out of its efforts to protect its intellectual property rights. By contrast, the failure to apply the privilege would frustrate the underlying policy by discouraging [the manufacturer] from exercising its fundamental right to resort to the courts to protect its rights.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. O'Brien & Gere Engineers, Inc. v. City of Salisbury

2. “Under Indiana state law, the court's goal in interpreting a contract is to 'give effect to the parties' intent as reasonably manifested by the language of the agreement.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Arc Welding Supply Co. v. Am. Welding & Gas, Inc.

3. “[a] false and injurious statement that discredits or detracts from the reputation of another's property, product, or business.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Cortes v. Twenty-First Century Fox Am., Inc.