Halberstam v. Welch’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 8 later decisions — most recently November 2007
2 federal appellate · 6 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1652 (Rules of Decision Act)
Relies on Erie Co v. Tompkins · United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · Ernst & Ernst v. Hochfelder · Aaron v. Securities & Exchange Commission · Sullivan v. United States
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“test. Hamilton's invaluable service to the enterprise as banker, bookkeeper, recordkeeper, and secretary is substantiated by her own testimony. She performed these services in an unusual way under unusual circumstances for a long period of time and thereby helped launder the loot and divert attention from Welch. Given all this, we will not upset the court's inference that she knew she was assisting Welch's wrongful acts. As the Supreme Court noted,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Halberstam v. Welch“cost of Welch's materials, his business was a profitable one. By 1978 Hamilton and Welch had a gross annual income in excess of $1,000,000. Hamilton's individual tax returns for 1978 and 1979 reported gross earnings of $647,569.21 and $491,762.16, respectively, from the sale of gold and silver. She took deductions, per Welch's instructions, for”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Halberstam v. Welch“The two variations significant here are (1) conspiracy, or concerted action by agreement, and (2) aiding-abetting, or concerted action by substantial assistance. These two bases of liability correspond generally to the first two subsections in the Restatement (Second) of Torts Sec. 876 (1979) [hereinafter cited as Restatement ] on”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Halberstam v. Welch
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.