Thomas v. Albright’s Empirical Analysis
139 F.3d 227 · 1998
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 43 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 74 later decisions — most recently May 2019 · most notably Allison v. Citgo Petroleum Corp. (1998), Robinson v. Metro-North Commuter Railroad (2001)
10 federal appellate · 43 district · 2 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 · Koon v. United States · Cotton v. Hinton · Rush PETTWAY Et Al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AMERICAN CAST IRON PIPE COMPANY, a Corporation, Defendant-Appellee · County of Suffolk v. Long Island Lighting 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 74 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[TJhe Court concludes that the Settlement is fair, adequate, and reasonable in that it contemplates all Class Members in this case, given their claimed damages and their low probability of success on the merits.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“District courts consider the facts and circumstances of the case, and examine the following factors: (a) whether the settlement is the result of arms-length negotiations; (b) the terms of the settlement in relation to the strength of plaintiffs' case; (c) the stage of the litigation proceedings at the time of settlement; (d) the reaction of the class; and (e) the opinion of experienced counsel.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“superior to other available methods for the fair and efficient adjudication of the controversy.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.