133 S. Ct. 1426 - Comcast Corp. v. Behrend’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
79 federal appellate · 71 district · 24 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedBehrend v. Comcast Corp. (from Third Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 15 (§ 4 of the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914)
Relies on Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · Amchem Products, Inc. v. Windsor · General Telephone Co. of Southwest v. Falcon · United States v. Grinnell Corp. · Brunswick Corporation v. Pueblo Bowl-O-Mat 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 480 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The class action is 'an exception to the usual rule that litigation is conducted by and on behalf of the individual named parties only.'”
58 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“questions of law or fact common to class members predominate over any questions affecting only individual members.”
25 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“at the class-certification stage (as at trial), any model supporting a 'plaintiff's damages case must be consistent with its liability case.'”
19 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.