McDowall v. Cogan’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 5 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 1692K (Sherman Antitrust Act)
Relies on Sosna v. Iowa · United States Parole Commission v. Geraghty · Deposit Guaranty National Bank v. Roper · Marek v. Chesny · Kahan v. Rosenstiel
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“be allowed to force plaintiffs into hastily-drafted certification motions by making offers of judgment. Such a policy would clearly hamper the sound administration of justice, by forcing a plaintiff to make a class certification motion before the record for such motion is complete....”
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.