People Abrams v. Cornwell Company’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 8 district · 1 state decisions

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

1. “not just the few people who would first be moved from institutions or private homes to the residence at 11 Cornwell Street; ... [but also] similar people in years to come ... and the members of the community itself, including the very neighbors who conspired. And, were this kind of incident to be tolerated and left without redress, countless others would be affected.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 877 F. Supp. 143 - New York Ex Rel. Vacco v. Mid Hudson Medical Group, P.C.

2. “(1) the state must have a quasi-sovereign interest, apart from the interests of particular private parties; (2) there must be an injury to a substantial segment of its population; and (3)the individuals could not obtain complete relief through a private suit.”

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

3. “[I]t would be anomalous in any case to permit an entity which was established for the very purpose of engaging in a discriminatory act to be insulated, and to insulate its members, from liability as conspirators, by virtue of its establishment.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Zhang Jingrong v. Chinese Anti-Cult World Alliance (CACWA)