Ayers v. Thompson’s Empirical Analysis
358 F.3d 356 · 2004
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Erie Co v. Tompkins · Hensley v. Eckerhart · Hanna v. Plumer · White v. New Hampshire Department of Employment Security · Evans v. Jeff D. Ex Rel. Johnson
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) the existence of fraud or collusion behind the settlement; (2) the complexity, expense and likely duration of the litigation; (3) the stage of the proceedings and the amount of discovery completed; (4) the probability of plaintiffs’ success on the merits; (5) the range of possible recovery; and (6) the opinions of the class counsel, class representatives, and absent class members.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“day-to-day, case-by-case operational failures.” 8 . We acknowledge that the Marisol A. court found that the district court did not abuse its discretion by certifying a similar class action. But the court did acknowledge that the proposed class”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“publicly financed, exclusively black enclaves by private choice,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.