Terry v. Lawrence’s Empirical Analysis

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6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “2. Scope of Discovery_ [[Image here]] d. Potential Parties and Witnesses. A party may obtain discovery of the identity and location ... of any potential party and of persons having knowledge of relevant facts. A person has knowledge of relevant facts when he or she has or may have knowledge of any discoverable matter.... 3. Exemptions. The following matters are not discoverable: [[Image here]] c. the identity, mental impressions and opinions of an expert who has been informally consulted or of an expert who has been retained or specially employed by another party in anticipation of litigation or preparation for trial or any documents or tangible things containing such information if the expert will not be called as a witness, except that the identity, mental impressions and opinions of an expert who will not be called to testify and any documents or tangible things containing such impressions and opinions are discoverable if the expert’s work product forms a basis either in whole or in part of the opinions of an expert who will be called as a witness; [[Image here]] Nothing in this paragraph 3 shall be construed to render non-discoverable the identity and location of any potential party, any person having knowledge of relevant facts, any expert who is expected to be called as a witness in the action, or of any consulting expert whose opinions or impressions have been relied upon by a testifying expert.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Essex Crane Rental Corp. v. Kitzman

2. “any communication passing between agents or representatives or the employees of any party to the action or communications between any party and his agents, representatives or their employees, where made subsequent to the occurrence or transaction upon which the suit is based, and made in connection with the prosecution, investigation or defense of the claim or the investigation of the occurrence or transaction out of which the claim has arisen (emphasis added).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Tucker v. Gayle