Wolf v. Barkes’s Empirical Analysis
348 F.2d 994 · 1965
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 24 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2020
13 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 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. § 1292 · 28 U.S.C. § 2072
Relies on Holt v. Alleghany Corp. · Alleghany Corporation v. Allan P. Kirby, Charles T. Ireland, Jr., and Fred M. Kirby, Randolph Phillips · Webster Eisenlohr, Inc. v. Kalodner · Jerome L. Gilson and Morris J. Levy v. Chock Full O'Nuts Corporation · Craftsman Finance & Mortgage Co. v. Brown
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he action shall not be dismissed or compromised without the approval of the court, and notice of the proposed dismissal or compromise shall be given to shareholders or members in such manner as the court directs,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““Of course, the corporation and a defendant have much to gain by having their settlement approved by the court under rule 23(c). After a judicial finding that the settlement is just, following full disclosure and opportunity for stockholders to contest, it will not be easy later to attack the settlement and show that its signers abandoned corporate claims through neglect or self-dealing.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“A new derivative suit against management for fraud or waste in releasing corporate claims for inadequate payment can redress improper settlements even without setting them aside.”
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.