Topic: broad discretion to consider relevant and competent evidence · Go Syfert
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7 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 89 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 Finca Santa Elena, Inc. v. United States Army Corps of Engineers.

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1 Finca Santa Elena, Inc. v. United States Army Corps of Engineers Anchor
dcd · 2012
green “broad discretion to consider relevant and competent evidence” 32
2 Sigmund v. Starwood Urban Investment
dcd · 2007
green “exacting,' 'demanding,' 'precise,' and 'restrictive.” 11
3 Giles v. Shell Oil Corp.
dc · 1985
green “armed with that actual or constructive knowledge failed to adequately supervise” 10
4 Giles v. Shell Oil Corp.
dc · 1985
green “it is incumbent upon a party to show that an employer knew or should have known its employee behaved in a dangerous or otherwise incompetent manner, and that the employer, armed with that actual or constructive knowledge, failed to adequately supervise the employee.” 10
5 Sigmund v. Starwood Urban Investment
dcd · 2007
green “requires proof that the specific type of crime, not just crime in general, be particularly foreseeable at the relevant location” 10
6 Giles v. Shell Oil Corp.
dc · 1985
green “dangerous or otherwise incompetent manner” 9
7 Sigmund v. Starwood Urban Investment
dcd · 2007
green “while a plaintiff is not required to show previous occurrences of the particular type of harm at issue, the d.c. court of appeals requires proof that the specific type of crime, not just crime in general, be particularly foreseeable at the relevant location.” 7

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