diff --git a/app/models/search_endpoint.rb b/app/models/search_endpoint.rb
index d3aa9db43..4b61c26cf 100644
--- a/app/models/search_endpoint.rb
+++ b/app/models/search_endpoint.rb
@@ -49,16 +49,6 @@ class SearchEndpoint < ApplicationRecord
   }
   # rubocop:enable Layout/LineLength
 
-  scope :for_user_directly_owned2, ->(user) {
-    joins('
-      LEFT OUTER JOIN `tries` ON `tries`.`search_endpoint_id` = `search_endpoints`.`id`
-      LEFT OUTER JOIN `cases` ON `cases`.`id` = `tries`.`case_id`
-      LEFT OUTER JOIN `users` ON `users`.`id` = `cases`.`owner_id`
-    ').where('
-        `users`.`id` = ?
-    ',  user.id)
-  }
-
   scope :for_user_directly_owned, ->(user) {
                                     where('
           `search_endpoints`.`owner_id` = ?
diff --git a/db/sample_data_seeds.rb b/db/sample_data_seeds.rb
index d61f6fd84..9565032f5 100755
--- a/db/sample_data_seeds.rb
+++ b/db/sample_data_seeds.rb
@@ -375,7 +375,10 @@ def print_case_info the_case
 case_names = ["Typeahead: Dairy", "Typeahead: Meats", "Typeahead: Dessert", "Typeahead: Fruit & Veg"]
 
 case_names.each do |case_name|
-  
+  # check if we've already created the case
+  if realistic_activity_user.cases.exists?(case_name: case_name)
+    break
+  end
   kase = realistic_activity_user.cases.create case_name: case_name
   
   days_of_experimentation = rand(3..20) # somewhere between