In re Asbestos Litigation’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 12 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 22 later decisions — most recently July 2012
2 federal appellate · 12 district · 3 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Erie Co v. Tompkins · United States v. Leon · New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · City of Cleburne Texas v. Cleburne Living Center · District of Columbia Court of Appeals v. Feldman
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.
“... [T]he goal of simplifying asbestos litigation is eroded by the New Jersey decision to award punitive damages in these cases. Although we find the Fischer case troubling, we once again acknowledge our limited function in reviewing cases of this type. We cannot overlook the fact that those plaintiffs who wish to avoid the cost of proving the foundation for an uncertain award of punitive damages still may take advantage of the simplified compensation claim Beshdr da makes available.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“As Justice Holmes recognized long ago, 'the court may ascertain as it sees fit any fact that is merely a ground for laying down a rule of law.' To forbid such recognition would force courts to fashion laws without reference to reality.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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