Murken v. Solv-Ex Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
36 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 36 later decisions — most recently July 2023 · most notably Armijo v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (2007), State Ex Rel. Office of the State Engineer v. Lewis (2006)
36 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 · Griggs v. Provident Consumer Discount Co. · 5 Cal. 3d 730 - County of Alameda v. Carleson · State v. Rojo · Lee v. Lee
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) “the interest of members of the class in individually controlling the prosecution or defense of separate actions,” (2) “the extent and nature of any litigation concerning the controversy already commenced by or against members of the class,” (3) “the desirability or undesirability of concentrating the litigation of the claims in the particular forum,” and (4) “the difficulties likely to be encountered in the management of a class action.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“First, we review de novo whether the district court applied the correct law. If the district court has applied the correct law, we then review its . . . decision to see whether the court abused its discretion[.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“If the district court has applied the correct law, we will uphold its decision if it is supported by substantial evidence.”
1 later decision 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.