Gottlieb v. Wiles’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1961
Relies on Blum v. Stenson · Missouri v. Continential Insurance Cos. · Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc. · Sprage v. Ticonic Nat Bank · Robertson v. Methow Valley Citizens Council
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The experience of this court is that the initiation of multiple class action lawsuits immediately preceding, during or after the collapse of a corporation whose securities have been traded widely and publicly is an entrepreneurial effort by the law firms filing complaints. Those who fail to find favor from the court should not expect to recover the expense of that effort from those who were victimized by the liability producing conduct.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Gottlieb v. Barry“[a]ny member of the Class may appear at the hearing [on the settlement], at his or her own expense, to express approval of or objection to ... the issues.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“legal arguments ... did not contribute to maintenance of the fund ... [and were] thin and in no way enhanced the class' recovery.”
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.