In re Lucent Technologies, Inc., Securities Litigation’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 10 district ·
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 78A (§ 1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) · 15 U.S.C. § 78J (§ 10 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) · 15 U.S.C. § 78U (§ 21d of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) · 28 U.S.C. § 1331
Relies on Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co. · Amchem Products, Inc. v. Windsor · General Telephone Co. of Southwest v. Falcon · Nebraska v. Wyoming · Bateman Eichler, Hill Richards, Inc. v. Berner
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Not later than 90 days after the date on which a notice is published under sub-paragraph (A)(i), the court shall consider any motion made by a purported class member in response to the notice, including any motion by a class member who is not individually named as a plaintiff in the complaint or complaints, and shall appoint as lead plaintiff the member or members of the purported plaintiff class that the court determines to be most capable of adequately representing the interests of class members”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The situation in this case [Lucent /] presents cause for concern, regarding the fact that two individual investors with modest holdings and one institutional investor with moderate holdings were the only class members to apply as representative parties. This may be the result of the inadequacy of the Notice of Pendency.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The Committee believes that an institutional investor acting as lead plaintiff can, consistent with its fiduciary obligations, balance the interests of the class with the long-term interests of the company and its public investors.”
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.