88 F. Supp. 2d 1166 - Augustine v. Adams’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
August 2012
most recently cited
2 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Allen v. McCurry · Montana v. United States · United States v. Munsingwear, Inc.
Most-quoted passages
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“to the best of the person’s knowledge, information, and belief, formed after an inquiry reasonable under the circumstances-(2) the claims, defenses, and other legal contentions therein are warranted by exiting law or by a nonfrivolous argument for the extension, modification, or reversal of existing law or the establishment of new law ....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Scott v. Boeing Co.
How this case has been treated — in progress
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