Rittmaster v. PaineWebber Group, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
147 F.3d 132 · 1998
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 55 later decisions — most recently March 2021 · most notably Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Visa U.S.A. Inc. (2005), Anderson v. Beland (2011)
9 federal appellate · 1 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 Pioneer Investment Services Company v. Brunswick Associates Limited Partnership · Baxter v. Palmigiano · Board of School Commissioners of City of Indianapolis v. Jacobs · General Motors Corporation Pick-Up Truck Fuel Tank Products Liability Litigation 94-1064 94-1194 94-1195 94-1198 94-1202 94-1203 94-1207 94-1208 94-1219 · LoSacco v. City of Middletown
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 55 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“even if [a] defendant should succeed in settling with so many [potential class members] that the court will be forced to deny class action status, plaintiffs complaint will remain untouched. As we have, in essence, already noted, plaintiff has no legally protected right to sue on behalf of other [potential plaintiffs] who prefer to settle; [Rule 23(e) ], requiring court approval of the dismissal or compromise of a class action, does not bar non-approved settlements with individual members which have no effect on the rights of others.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“strong judicial policy in favor of settlements, particularly in the class action context.”
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.