651 F. Supp. 2d 98 - Meisel v. Grunberg’s Empirical Analysis

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

1. “(1) that a fiduciary duty existed between plaintiff and defendant, (2) that defendant breached that duty, and (3) damages as a result of the breach.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Senior Health Ins. Co. of Pa. v. Beechwood Re Ltd.(In re Platinum-Beechwood Litig.) · Sotheby's, Inc. v. Stone

2. “[M]ore than a conclusory allegation of conspiracy or common purpose is required to state a cause of action against [a] nonactor. In this case, the bare allegation that these two defendants were acting in concert with defendant Savarese without any allegation of independent culpable behavior on their part was clearly insufficient to link them to the allegedly defamatory remarks. Nor is the unsupported statement that he was acting on their behalf sufficient to allege an agency relationship encompassing the authority to make the remarks. 6”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Reich v. Lopez

3. “‘Such authority to act for a principal may be actual or apparent.’ ... Actual authority arises from a direct manifestation of consent from the principal to the agent.... The existence of actual authority ‘depends upon the actual interaction between the putative principal and agent, not on any perception a third party may have of the relationship.’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Agard