Curtis v. Nevens’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Some of the factors relevant to the adequacy of the committee's investigation may include the length and seope of the investigation, the use of experts, the corporation or defendant's involvement, and the adequacy and reliability of information supplied to the committee.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Young v. Bush · Day v. Stascavage

2. “minority shareholders possess a legitimate concern that the SLC's analysis will be tainted by the SLC's allegiance to the director-defendants whose alleged misconduct gave rise to their claims,”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Young v. Bush · Day v. Stascavage

3. “[ululike evaluation of a business judgment, trial courts are well equipped to evaluate the methodology and procedures best suited to conduct such an investigation.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. IN RE: DISH NETWORK DERIVATIVE LITIG. C/W 69012 · Day v. Stascavage