Jackson v. Unocal Corp.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 state decisions

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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(Slo long as the trial court rigorously analyzes the evidence, it retains discretion to find to its satisfaction whether the evidence supports [class certification].”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Maxwell v. United Services Automobile Ass'n · BP America Production Co. v. Patterson

2. “whether the plaintiff advances a theory by which to prove or disprove `an element on a simultaneous, class-wide basis, since such proof obviates the need to examine each class member's individual position.'”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. BP America Production Co. v. Patterson · State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Reyher

3. “sufficiently definite so that it is administratively feasible for the court to determine whether a particular individual is a member [of the class]”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. BP America Production Co. v. Patterson · Garcia v. MEDVED CHEVROLET, INC.