Brooks v. Norwest Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
6 district · 34 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 44 later decisions — most recently May 2022 · most notably Davis v. Devon Energy Corp. (2009), Ferrell v. Allstate Insurance (2008)
6 district · 34 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Amchem Products, Inc. v. Windsor · Eisen v. Carlisle & Jacquelin · General Telephone Co. of Southwest v. Falcon · United States Parole Commission v. Geraghty · Castano v. American Tobacco Co.
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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) [Numerosity:] the class is so numerous that joinder of all members is impracticable; (2) [Commonality:] there are questions of law or fact common to the class; (3) [Typicality:] the claims or defenses of the representative parties are typical of the claims or defenses of the class; and (4) [Adequacy of representation:] the representative parties will fairly and adequately protect the interests of the class.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“In New Mexico, . . . a district court abuses its discretion when it misapprehends the law or if the decision is not supported by substantial evidence.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Within the confines of Rule 1-023, the district court has broad discretion whether or not to certify a class.”
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.