628 F. Supp. 2d 695 - Johnson v. Merchant’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 104 · 28 U.S.C. § 1393 · 28 U.S.C. § 1404 · 28 U.S.C. § 1863
Relies on In re Volkswagen of America, Inc. · United States v. Duncan · McGraw-Edison Co. v. Van Pelt · Balawajder v. Scott · Jordon v. Bowman Apple Products Co., Inc.
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The potential for shopping for a particular judge or jury has been a matter of longstanding concern among the bench in the Northern District. The judges of this district wish to avoid the perception that one form of justice will be available to litigants filing suit in one division in this district as opposed to those filing suit in another. The judges also wish to avoid a situation whereby any particular division comes to be seen as a “fiefdom” of sorts, in which the idiosyncrasies and preferences of one judge come to dominate the local litigation practice.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.