Abrahamson v. Fleschner’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
10 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 78A (§ 1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) · 15 U.S.C. § 78B (§ 2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) · 15 U.S.C. § 78J (§ 10 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) · 15 U.S.C. § 80B · 15 U.S.C. § 80B
Relies on Affiliated Ute Citizens of Utah v. United States · Desist v. United States · Magna Oil Corp. v. Bateson · Mahan v. Howell · General Electric Co. v. International Union of Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is unnecessary to decide the proper characterization of some or even all of the withdrawals, for all payments to plaintiffs, be they considered dividends or interest, must be counted in determining the amount of actual loss that can be recovered in Section 10(b) litigation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“actual damages on account of the act complained of”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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