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768 F. Supp. 2d 121 - Chen v. Bell-Smith’s Empirical Analysis

2011

Citation profile

14
cited by 14 later decisions
1
states following
March 2019
most recently cited

9 district · 2 state decisions

Relationships

Applies 12 U.S.C. § 2607 · 12 U.S.C. § 2614

Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Arbaugh v. Y & H Corp. · Langley v. Federal Deposit Insurance · Henderson v. Shinseki

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

  1. “courts applying D.C. law may look to Maryland law when there is no controlling D.C. authority directly on point”). 17 . This is consistent with the law of Maryland, where the Court of Appeals, quoting Prosser, has held that liability may lie in one of three circumstances:”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “generally aware of [their] role as part of an overall illegal or tortious activity at the time [they] provides the assistance; and (3)”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “the primary violator in performing a wrongful act that causes an injury;”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority

How this case has been treated — in progress

Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.