Lawson v. Sun Microsystems, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
791 F.3d 754 · 2015
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005)
Relies on Yee v. City of Escondido · Thompson v. North American Stainless, LP · Ortiz v. Jordan · Ortiz v. Jordan · Colonial Penn Insurance v. Guzorek
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Judgment as a matter of law is proper 'if a reasonable jury would not have a legally sufficient evidentiary basis to find for the party on that issue.'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“involve[s] pure questions of law unrelated to the sufficiency of the trial evidence, ... it's not necessary for summary-judgment losers to relitigate purely legal issues ... in a motion under Rule 50(a) or (b).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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