Franze v. Equitable Assurance’s Empirical Analysis
296 F.3d 1250 · 2002
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 771 (CAN-SPAM Act of 2003) · 15 U.S.C. § 77M (§ 13 of the Securities Act of 1933) · 15 U.S.C. § 77O (§ 15 of the Securities Act of 1933) · 15 U.S.C. § 78I (§ 9 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) · 15 U.S.C. § 78J (§ 10 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) · 15 U.S.C. § 78T (§ 20 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934)
Relies on General Telephone Co. of Southwest v. Falcon · Lampf, Pleva, Lipkind, Prupis & Petigrow v. Gilbertson · Dodds v. Cigna Securities, Inc. · Jackson v. Motel 6 Multipurpose, Inc. · DeBruyne v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the 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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) the class is so numerous that joinder of all members is impracticable; (2) there are questions of law or fact common to the class; (3) the claims or defenses of the representative parties are typical of the claims or defenses of the class; and (4) the representative parties will fairly and adequately protect the interests of the class.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the term used for knowledge of facts that would lead a reasonable person to begin investigating the possibility that his legal rights had been infringed.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“`[i]nquiry notice is triggered by evidence of the possibility of fraud.'”
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.