Comes v. Microsoft Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Procter & Gamble Co. · Pansy v. Borough of Stroudsburg · Public Citizen v. Liggett Group, Inc. · Martindell v. International Telephone & Telegraph Corp. · Wilk v. American Medical Ass'n
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A district court should consider three criteria when evaluating the factual showing establishing good cause: (1) whether the harm posed by dissemination will be substantial and serious; (2) whether the protective order is precisely and narrowly drawn; and (3) whether any alternative means of protecting the public interest is available that would intrude less directly on expression.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[T]hese criteria strike a balance between the policy favoring discovery and free expression on one side and a party's interest in avoiding commercial damage and preventing an abuse of discovery on the other.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“a particular and specific demonstration of fact, as distinguished from stereotyped and conclusory statements.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.