Ramirez v. IBP, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 district ·

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

1. “(1) The likelihood at the time of the alleged misconduct that serious harm would arise from the defendant’s misconduct; (2) the degree of the defendant’s awareness of that likelihood; (3) the profitability of the defendant’s misconduct; (4) the duration of the misconduct and any intentional concealment of it; (5) the attitude and conduct of the defendant upon discovery of the misconduct; (6) the financial condition of the defendant; and (7) the total deterrent effect of other damages and punishment imposed upon the defendant as a result of the misconduct, including, but not limited to, compensatory, exemplary and punitive damage awards to persons in situations similar to those of the claimant and the severity of the criminal penalties to which the defendant has been or may be subjected.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sanjuan v. IBP, Inc.