160 Wash. 2d 843 - Scott v. Cingular Wireless’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate · 14 state decisions

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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]he interests of justice require that in a doubtful case ... any error, if there is to be one, should be committed in favor of allowing the class action.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Schnall v. AT & T Wireless Services, Inc. · Schnall v. AT & T WIRELESS SERVICES, INC.

2. “Individual actions by each of the defrauded consumers [are] often impracticable because the amount of individual recovery would be insufficient to justify bringing a separate action; thus an unscrupulous seller retains the benefits of its wrongful conduct. A class action by consumers produces several salutary byproducts, including a therapeutic effect upon those sellers who indulge in fraudulent practices, aid to legitimate business enterprises by curtailing illegitimate competition, and avoidance to the judicial process of the burden of multiple litigation involving identical claims. The benefit to the parties and the courts would, in many circumstances, be substantial.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 620 F. Supp. 2d 1248 - Coneff v. AT & T CORP.

3. “[Class actions are] often the only meaningful type of redress available for small but widespread injuries. Without it, many consumers may not even realize that they have a claim. The class action provides a mechanism to alert them to this fact.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Olson v. the Bon, Inc.