355 F. Supp. 2d 704 - Patrick v. Allen’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
October 2018
most recently cited
Relationships
Relies on Conley v. Gibson · Chambers v. Time Warner, Inc. · Cortec Industries, Inc. v. Sum Holding L.P. · Aronson v. Lewis · Brass v. American Film Technologies, Inc.
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[c]orporate waste occurs when assets are used in a manner 'so far opposed to the true interests [of the corporation so] as to lead to the clear inference that no one thus acting could have been influenced by any honest desire to secure such interests.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“neither the Complaint nor the documents incorporated therein dictate[d] that the [transaction alleged to constitute waste was] consistent with the corporate purpose of [the company]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“will not protect a decision that was the product of fraud, self-dealing, or bad faith.”
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.