Lerner v. Colman’s Empirical Analysis
2022
Citation profile
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Applies 15 U.S.C. § 78C (§ 3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) · 15 U.S.C. § 78J (§ 10 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) · 18 U.S.C. § 1961 (§ 901 of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 1962 (§ 901 of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 1964 (§ 901 of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 1367
Relies on United States v. Ron Pair Enterprises, Inc. · Sedima Sprl v. Imrex Company Inc · Hj Inc v. Northwestern Bell Telephone Company · Holmes v. Securities Investor Protection Corporation · United States v. Zannino
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“any person employed by or associated with any enterprise engaged in, or the activities of which affect, interstate or foreign commerce, to conduct or participate, directly or indirectly, in the conduct of such enterprise's affairs through a pattern of racketeering activity.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“'RICO claims premised on mail or wire fraud must be particularly scrutinized' because of the ubiquity of the use of wires and mails”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[I]f the pleadings do not state a substantive RICO claim upon which relief may be granted, then the conspiracy claim also fails.”
1 later decision 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.