4 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 34 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Residential Funding Corporation v. Degeorge Financial Corp., Degeorge Home Alliance, Inc. And Degeorge Capital Corp.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Residential Funding Corporation v. Degeorge Financial Corp., Degeorge Home Alliance, Inc. And Degeorge Capital Corp Anchor | green | “even in the absence of a discovery order, a court may impose sanctions on a party for misconduct in discovery under its inherent power to manage its own affairs.” | 17 |
| 2 | Southern New England Telephone Co. v. Global NAPs Inc. | green | “the district court is free to consider the full record in the case in order to select the appropriate sanction.” | 9 |
| 3 | Southern New England Telephone Co. v. Global NAPs Inc. | green | “the full record in the case in order to select the appropriate sanction.” | 5 |
| 4 | Dorchester Financial Holdings Corp. v. Banco BRJ S.A. | green | “the second circuit has endorsed four factors for a district court to consider in exercising its discretion to impose sanctions pursuant to rule 37: '(1) the willfulness of the noncompliant party or the reason for noncompliance; (2) the efficacy of lesser sanctions; (3) the durat…” | 3 |
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