Simon v. Philip Morris Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1292 · 28 U.S.C. § 471
Relies on Coopers & Lybrand v. Livesay · Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority · United States Parole Commission v. Geraghty · Hansberry v. Lee · Califano v. Yamasaki
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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The framers of Rule 23(c)(4)(A) considered class actions brought under Rule 23(b)(3) ... particularly well suited for certification of fewer than all issues. Their conclusion follows from the fact that Rule 23(c)(4)(A) assists in satisfying Rule 23(b)(3)'s additional class certification requirements of predominance and superiority.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Even if common questions do not predominate over the individual questions so that class certification of the entire action is warranted, Rule 23 authorizes the district court in appropriate cases to isolate the common issues under Rule 23(c)(4)(A) and proceed with class treatment of these particular issues.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“different issues can be submitted to different juries as long as they are not presented in a way that causes juror confusion or uncertainty”
1 later decision 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.