Utesch v. Dittmer’s Empirical Analysis

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3 federal appellate · 1 district ·

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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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “defendants “used the mails and telephone” (1) to buy short positions in the October 1979 live cattle contracts under which large deliveries were later tendered at artificial prices; (2) to induce others, through fraudulent and deceptive statements and representations, to purchase large long positions in the October 1979 and December 1979 live cattle contracts; and (3) to communicate and conspire with their co-conspirators in furtherance of the alleged unlawful acts.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 879 F. Supp. 947 - De Wit v. Firstar Corp.

2. “to manipulate or attempt to manipulate the price of any commodity [in the cash or futures markets], or to corner or attempt to corner any such commodity or knowingly deliver or cause to be delivered ... false or misleading or knowingly inaccurate reports concerning crop or market information or conditions that affect or tend to affect the price of any commodity in interstate commerce....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 892 F. Supp. 1025 - In Re Soybean Futures Litigation