Stein v. Buccaneers Ltd. Partnership’s Empirical Analysis
772 F.3d 698 · 2014
Citation profile
32
cited by 32 later decisions
2
cited 2 times by the Supreme Court
2
states following
March 2025
most recently cited
8 federal appellate · 4 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 47 U.S.C. § 227
Relies on Baker v. Carr · Bonner v. City of Prichard · Gerstein v. Pugh · Powell v. McCormack · Sosna v. Iowa
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“an unaccepted offer of judgment cannot moot a case.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“If the [ultimate] judgment ... is not more favorable than the unaccepted offer, the offeree must pay the costs incurred after the offer was made.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“An unaccepted settlement offer — like any unaccepted contract offer — is a legal nullity, with no operative effect.... [T]he recipient’s rejection of an offer leaves the matter as if no offer had ever been made.” Genesis Healthcare Corp. v. Symczyk, 569 U.S. -, -, 133 S.Ct. 1523 , 1533, 185 L.Ed.2d 636 (2013) (Kagan, J., dissenting) (citation and internal quotation marks omitted); see also Stein v. Buccaneers Ltd. P’ship, 772 F.3d 698 , 703 (11th Cir. 2014) (quoting Symczyk, for this proposition, with approval). Furthermore,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Smith v. Owens
How this case has been treated — in progress
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