Fitzpatrick v. Villanova University

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that because plaintiff was a California resident, California courts would be more accessible to him
• holding that a “but for” damage model is “fatally deficient” where it provides “no basis for the Court to determine without speculation the amount of damage, if any, caused by any of the particular actions of the defendants”
• jurisdiction proper in California over Arizona doctor who practiced near California border and advertised in California
• “A predominant market share may merely be the result of regulation____”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

81 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Doe v. Unocal Corp.
  Ninth Circuit· 2001-04-27· cited 327×
• Securities and Exchange Commission v. First City Financial Corporation, Ltd.
  First Circuit· 1989-12-01· cited 288×
• Marilyn Scott and John Scott v. Don Breeland and the Oak Ridge Boys, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1986-06-24· cited 262×
• Frank Sinatra v. National Enquirer, Inc., and Clinic La Prairie, S.A.
  Ninth Circuit· 1988-08-23· cited 252×
• Eulala Shute and Russel Shute v. Carnival Cruise Lines
  Ninth Circuit· 1990-02-22· cited 224×
• United States v. David J. Payne
  Ninth Circuit· 1991-09-06· cited 213×
• Jessie Berger v. Iron Workers Reinforced Rodmen Local 201, International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers
  D.C. Circuit· 1988-04-05· cited 185×
• Terrance Hirsch and Margaret Hirsch v. Blue Cross, Blue Shield of Kansas City
  Ninth Circuit· 1986-09-29· cited 127×
• Estate of Parsons v. Palestinian Authority
  D.C. Circuit· 2011-08-12· cited 123×
• United States v. Tony Burke
  D.C. Circuit· 1989-10-31· cited 113×
• Randolph M. Fields v. Sedgwick Associated Risks, Ltd., G. Lloyd-Roberts, Defendants
  Ninth Circuit· 1986-08-06· cited 103×
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, as Receiver of the Western National Bank of Lovell, Wyoming v. British-American Insurance Company, Ltd.
  Ninth Circuit· 1987-09-29· cited 100×
• Amoco Egypt Oil Company Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation v. Leonis Navigation Company, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1993-07-28· cited 82×
• Murray Brand, Sydell Brand, Biarritz Motors, Inc. v. Menlove Dodge, Los Angeles Dealer Auto Auction, Menlove Dodge
  Ninth Circuit· 1986-08-06· cited 75×
• Clark v. Noyes
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1994-01-13· cited 65×
• H. Floyd McGahee v. Northern Propane Gas Company
  Eleventh Circuit· 1988-10-27· cited 63×
• Marsha Lee Kennedy and Stephen Michael Kennedy v. Robert G. Freeman, M.D. And Robert G. Freeman, P.A., a Texas Corporation
  Tenth Circuit· 1990-11-14· cited 58×
• Zola W. Rittenhouse v. Edward H. Mabry, Jr.
  Fifth Circuit· 1987-11-30· cited 57×
• City of Anaheim, City of Riverside, City of Banning, City of Colton, City of Azusa v. Southern California Edison Company
  Ninth Circuit· 1992-02-07· cited 53×
• United States v. Kenneth R. Couch
  Fifth Circuit· 1990-02-23· cited 51×