Jeffress v. Reddy’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005)
Relies on Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Shaw v. Stroud · Spring Company v. Edgar · Phoenix Savings & Loan, Inc. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · Gillikin v. Burbage
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“malpractice cases, proof of causal connection must be something more than consistent with the plaintiffs theory of how the claimed injury was caused .... Conjecture, speculation, and mere possibilities will not sustain the plaintiffs burden of proof on the proximate cause element.”
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.