Joel Michael Eric David Maxx and Ray Marisol v. Lawrence B Thomas C T Shauna D Ozzie E Darren F David F a R’s Empirical Analysis
Citation profile
3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 66 later decisions — most recently March 2022 · most notably Alfonse D'Amato Harold Watman Ruth Abraham Michal Schonberger Gerald Haas (2001), Rosado v. Bridgeport Roman Catholic Diocesan Corp. (2005)
3 state decisions
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
Relies on Amchem Products, Inc. v. Windsor · City of Detroit v. Grinnell Corporation, Manhattan-Ward, Incorporated v. Grinnell Corporation, 1225 Vine Street Building, Inc. v. Grinnell Corporation · Marisol v. Giuliani · TBK Partners, Ltd. v. Western Union Corp. · Twelve John Does v. District of Columbia
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 66 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) the complexity, expense and likely duration of the litigation, (2) the reaction of the class to the settlement, (3) the stage of the proceedings and the amount of discovery completed, (4) the risks of establishing liability, (5) the risks of establishing damages, (6) the risks of maintaining the class action through the trial, (7) the ability of the defendants to withstand a greater judgment, (8) the range of reasonableness of the settlement fund in light of the best possible recovery, (9) the range of reasonableness of the settlement fund to a possible recovery in light of all the attendant risks of litigation[.]”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“fair, adequate, and reasonable, and not a product of collusion.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Effective upon the expiration of the term of this Agreement on December 15, 2000, Plaintiffs ... hereby jointly and severally release and forever discharge, on the merits and with prejudice, the City ... of and from any and all manner of equitable claims, actions, costs, expenses and attorneys’ and expert fees ... whether known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, matured or unmatured, accrued or not accrued, direct or indirect, that the named Plaintiffs and the members of the class, and each of them, ever had, has or have on December 15, 2000, or can, shall or may thereafter have against the releasees ... for, by reason of, involving, concerning, arising from or in any way relating to any equitable claim which is or could have been stated against the releasees in the Marisol Litigation ... and which claim is based on facts, events, actions or omissions by the City or any releasee which took place from the date of Court approval of this Agreement to December 15, 2000 ....”
2 later decisions 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.