Rimbert v. Eli Lilly & Co.’s Empirical Analysis
647 F.3d 1247 · 2011
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 14 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291
Relies on Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · Arizona v. California · Liljeberg v. Health Services Acquisition Corp. · The Servants of the Paraclete v. John Does I-Xvi · Atlantic Richfield Company v. The Farm Credit Bank of Wichita Stanley a Mollerstuen
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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A]ny order...that adjudicates fewer than all the claim or the rights and liabilities of fewer than all the parties...may be revised at any time before the entry of a judgment.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“law of the case doctrine has no bearing on the revisiting of interlocutory orders, even when a case has been reassigned from one judge to another.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[D]istrict courts generally remain free to reconsider their earlier interlocutory orders.”
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.