90 Cal. App. 4th 201 - Levine v. Weis’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 27 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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Any person who commits any of the following acts shall be liable to the state or to the political subdivision for three times the amount of damages which the state or the political subdivision sustains because of the act of that person. A person, who commits any of the following acts shall also be liable to the state or to the political subdivision for the costs of a civil action brought to recover any of those penalties or damages, and may be liable to the state or political subdivision for a civil penalty of up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each false claim.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 151 Cal. App. 4th 267 - FASSBERG CONST. CO. v. Housing Authority · 39 Cal. 4th 1164 - Wells v. One2One Learning Foundation

2. “An employer may not retaliate against an employee for disclosing information to a government or law enforcement agency, where the employee has reasonable cause to believe that the information discloses a violation of state or federal statute, or a violation or noncompliance with a state or federal rule or regulation.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 151 Cal. App. 4th 267 - FASSBERG CONST. CO. v. Housing Authority · 392 F. Supp. 2d 1159 - Neveu v. City of Fresno

3. “[k]nowingly makes, uses, or causes to be made or used a false record or statement to get a false claim paid or approved”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 151 Cal. App. 4th 267 - FASSBERG CONST. CO. v. Housing Authority · 39 Cal. 4th 1164 - Wells v. One2One Learning Foundation