Elster v. Alexander’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 78A (§ 1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) · 28 U.S.C. § 1927
Relies on Roadway Express, Inc. v. Piper · Elster v. American Airlines · Beard v. Elster · Pantry Queen Foods, Inc. v. Lifschultz Fast Freight, Inc. · Hashemi v. Campaigner Publications, Inc.
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“pleadings and papers filed on behalf of plaintiff ... were filed without that reasonable inquiry which Rule 11 requires”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.