Sparling’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 federal appellate · 42 district · 16 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 160 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “For the convenience of parties and witnesses, in the interest of justice, a district court may transfer any civil action to any other district or division where it might have been brought. 28 U.S.C. § 1406 (a) provides as follows: The district court of a district in which is filed a case laying venue in the wrong division or district shall dismiss, or if it be in the interest of justice, transfer such case to any district or division in which it could have been brought.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Freedman v. America Online, Inc.

2. “any harm to [plaintiffs] due to their status as guarantors of the bonds given by the corporation is also derivative of the harm to the corporation. Thus, this status does not give [plaintiffs] standing.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Harry Shuler, Suzanne Shuler, New H.S. Industries, Inc., a California Corporation, and California Design Group, Inc., a California Corporation Dba Paragon West Knitting Mills, Inc. v. Walter E. Heller Western Inc., a California Corporation, and Does 1-10, Inclusive

3. “but does not preclude summary judgment when all claims are barred by an arbitration clause”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 141 F. Supp. 2d 82 - Emeronye v. CACI International, Inc.