Learmonth v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.’s Empirical Analysis
710 F.3d 249 · 2013
Citation profile
20
cited by 20 later decisions
1
states following
June 2024
most recently cited
6 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Erie Co v. Tompkins · Singleton v. Wulff · Hanna v. Plumer · Salve Regina College v. Russell · Gasperini v. Center for Humanities, Inc.
Most-quoted passages
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“In making an Erie -guess in the absence of explicit guidance from the state courts, we must attempt to predict state law, not to create or modify it.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“raise an entirely new argument that could have been articulated below or in the party's opening brief.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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