SEC v. World Tree’s Empirical Analysis
2022
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 77Q (§ 17 of the Securities Act of 1933) · 15 U.S.C. § 78J (§ 10 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) · 15 U.S.C. § 80B
Relies on Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · Kumho Tire Company, Ltd., et al. v. Patrick Carmichael, Etc., et al. · Ernst & Ernst v. Hochfelder · Basic Inc. v. Levinson · Herman & MacLean v. Huddleston
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the SEC [is] not required to prove that any investor actually relied on [Appellants'] misrepresentations,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“must deduct legitimate expenses before ordering disgorgement.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“some flexibility to impose collective liability”
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.