Niemi v. Lasshofer’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 federal appellate · 7 district · 2 state decisions

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

1. “(1) whether the original judge would reasonably be expected upon remand to have substantial difficulty in putting out of his or her mind previously-expressed views or findings determined to be erroneous or based on evidence that must be rejected, (2) whether reassignment is advisable to preserve the appearance of justice, and (3) whether reassignment would entail waste and duplication out of proportion to any gain in preserving the appearance of fairness.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Burke v. Regalado

2. “In determining whether a federal court has personal jurisdiction over a defendant, the court must determine (1) whether the applicable statute potentially confers jurisdiction by authorizing service of process on the defendant and (2) whether the exercise of jurisdiction comports with due process.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Fischer v. BMW of N. Am., LLC

3. “We will enforce a mandatory forum selection clause unless the party challenging it 'clearly show[s] that enforcement would be unreasonable and unjust, or that the clause was invalid for such reasons as fraud or overreaching.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Presidential Hospitality, LLC v. Wyndham Hotel Grp., LLC