Even judges privately calculate the staggering dollar stakes of cases before them.

Evidence

“This is really quite an interesting and important case,” the judge mused at the end of a less acrimonious hearing. “The amounts of dollars potentially at stake here are astronomical, I suppose.” … “I have no idea what a jury might do with it,” continued the judge. “Certainly there’s the potential for a very substantial award. I wouldn’t expect it to knock out the Texaco case as the champion high verdict of the century, but it is obviously an important case.” — , Harr Jonathan - A Civil Action, 1406

Categorization

• QUESTION: How much does a judge’s private sense of the case’s ‘astronomical’ value quietly shape later rulings and settlement pressure?
• XREF: connects to: Judges assume all litigation is ultimately about money. — , Harr Jonathan - A Civil Action , 1617

Broader Connections

• Judges assume all litigation is ultimately about money. #qualifies (1.00) — , Harr Jonathan - A Civil Action, 1617