Hallaba v. Worldcom Network Services Inc.’s Empirical Analysis

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2 district · 7 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Under [rule 23(b)(1)(A)], it is not enough that separate litigation may result in inconsistent adjudications. Rather, the Rule explicitly requires that such adjudication impose incompatible standards of conduct on the party opposing the class. Accordingly, the mere possibility of varying or inconsistent adjudications in which a party may prevail against a putative class member in one case and lose in a second case to another such class member, does not, standing alone, impose incompatible standards of conduct on the party in satisfaction of Rule 23(b)(1)(A). Rather, Rule 23(b)(1)(A) is satisfied only if inconsistent judgments in separate suits would place the party opposing the class in the position of being unable to comply with one judgment without violating the terms of another judgment.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Seven Hills, Inc. v. Bentley · Strack v. Continental Resources, Inc.

2. “deeds involving conveyances to railroads pose special problems that defy the general application of a single controlling legal principle for their interpretation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Fisher v. Virginia Electric & Power Co.

3. “the real estate title records in state court, such as, for example, deciding to set aside a fraudulent conveyance.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Kerns v. Kerns