Basch v. Ground Round, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
139 F.3d 6 · 1998
Citation profile
25 federal appellate · 10 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 64 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2025 · most notably Catholic Social Services, Inc. v. Immigration & Naturalization Service (2000), Stone Container Corporation Stone Container International Stone Container Savannah River Pulp Paper v. United States (2000)
25 federal appellate · 10 district · 4 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
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 216 · 29 U.S.C. § 626 (§ 7 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967) · 29 U.S.C. § 633 (§ 14 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967)
Relies on American Pipe & Construction Co. v. Utah · Crown, Cork & Seal Co. v. Parker · Grayson v. K Mart Corp. · Andrews v. Orr · Korwek v. Hunt
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 64 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Plaintiffs may not stack one class action on top of another and continue to toll the statute of limitations indefinitely.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he policies -- respect for Rule 23 and considerations of judicial economy -- which animated the Crown, Cork and American Pipe tolling rules dictate that the tolling rules . . . not permit plaintiffs to stretch out limitations periods by bringing successive class actions”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“90 days after the date of the receipt of such notice”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.