Epstein v. MCA, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
179 F.3d 641 · 1999
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 3 district · 14 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 38 later decisions — most recently March 2022 · most notably Gooch v. Life Investors Insurance Co. of America (2012), Citizens Insurance Co. of America v. Daccach (2007)
9 federal appellate · 3 district · 14 state decisions — followed in 11 states
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 28 U.S.C. § 1738
Relies on Helicopteros Nacionales De Colombia, S. A. v. Hall · Amchem Products, Inc. v. Windsor · Flast v. Cohen · Montana v. United States · Kremer v. Chemical Construction Corp.
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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Due process requires that an absent class member's right to adequate representation be protected by the adoption of the appropriate procedures by the certifying court and by the courts that review its determinations; due process does not require collateral second-guessing of those determinations and that review.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Simply put, the absent class members' due process right to adequate representation is protected not by collateral review, but by the [Delaware] certifying court initially, and thereafter by appeal within the state system and by direct review in the United States Supreme Court.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the [collaterally attacking] plaintiffs seek to raise claims that received neither determination nor review in the Delaware courts.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.