Bernstein v. Levenson’s Empirical Analysis
437 F.2d 756 · 1971
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
2
states following
November 2007
most recently cited
5 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005)
Relies on Koster v. Lumbermens Mut Casualty Co · Snyder v. Harris
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In a stockholders' derivative action the corporation, not the complaining shareholder, is the real party in interest.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Little v. Cooke
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.