Lyons v. Lancer Insurance’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Whether transportation is interstate or intrastate is determined by the essential character of the commerce, manifested by [the] shipper's fixed and persisting transportation intent at the time of the shipment, and is ascertained from all of the facts and circumstances surrounding the transportation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Lyles v. FTL Ltd.

2. “the existence of the requisite interstate nexus may be determined by looking to the intent of the goods' seller or shipper with respect to the goods' destination ... at the time the transportation commenced.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Lyles v. FTL Ltd.

3. “'The mere existence of a scintilla of evidence in support of the [non-movant's] position will be insufficient' to defeat a summary judgment motion[,]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Lopez v. Rutgers Cas. Ins. Co.