Koch v. Hankins’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 federal appellate · 2 district · 3 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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “district court's determination of the terms and conditions of dismissal under Fed.R.Civ.P. 41(a)(2) [voluntary dismissal with court approval] is reviewed for abuse of discretion”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Marjorie Sturgis v. Jefferson K. Logan E. Jeffrey Grube Robert Moulton Mark Solomon, Marjorie Sturgis v. University of Southern California, Administered by Employers Insurance of Wausau Jacobs and Solomon · Shirley Jones Ingels Marty Ingels v. A. David Harris

2. “upon such terms and conditions as the court deems proper.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Shirley Jones Ingels Marty Ingels v. A. David Harris · Hargis v. Foster

3. “It provides no basis for a finding as to whether the depositions were useful in the parties' continuing litigation. During the hearing on appellees' bill of costs, the district court specifically asked defense counsel whether the depositions were usable in appellants' state court actions. The response of appellees' counsel was equivocal, at best. The district court did not pursue the issue, choosing instead to award all of appellees' deposition costs”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Koch v. Hankins