Basis Technology Corp. v. Amazon.com, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis

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6 federal appellate · 10 district · 25 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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “First, at the brink of trial the parties and their counsel have progressed through an extensive process of pleading, discovery, motion practice, and preliminary conferences. That agenda will have informed them of the strengths and weaknesses of their positions and of the wisdom of a compromise. The education of that process should produce prudent and firm settlement decisions.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Chongarlides v. Pina

2. “The provision for mutual releases contemplated `all claims that were brought, or that could have been brought, or that have been threatened to be brought, by either party against the other.' It resembled the typical general release used by experienced counsel to resolve litigation . . . .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 189 Cal. App. 4th 562 - Villacres v. Abm Industries Inc.

3. “This court's decisions have consistently emphasized the qualities of seriousness and commitment characterizing a settlement agreement reported to a trial court.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Duff v. McKay