Securities & Exchange Commission v. Manor Nursing Centers, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
458 F.2d 1082 · 1972
Citation profile
168 federal appellate · 58 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 503 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2026 · most notably Aaron v. Securities & Exchange Commission (1980), Securities & Exchange Commission v. First Jersey Securities, Inc. (1996)
168 federal appellate · 58 district · 5 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 77A (§ 1 of the Securities Act of 1933) · 15 U.S.C. § 77E (§ 5 of the Securities Act of 1933) · 15 U.S.C. § 77G (§ 7 of the Securities Act of 1933) · 15 U.S.C. § 77H (§ 8 of the Securities Act of 1933) · 15 U.S.C. § 77J (§ 10 of the Securities Act of 1933) · 15 U.S.C. § 77K (§ 11 of the Securities Act of 1933) · 15 U.S.C. § 77Q (§ 17 of the Securities Act of 1933) · 15 U.S.C. § 77T (§ 20 of the Securities Act of 1933)
Relies on United States v. W. T. Grant Co. · Mills v. Electric Auto-Lite Co. · J. I. Case Co. v. Borak · Hecht Co. v. Bowles · Superintendent of Insurance of State of New York v. Bankers Life and Casualty Company
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 503 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“there is a reasonable likelihood that the wrong will be repeated.”
12 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The effective enforcement of the federal securities laws requires that the SEC be able to make violations unprofitable. The deterrent effect of an SEC enforcement action would be greatly undermined if securities law violators were not required to disgorge illicit profits.”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a district court has broad discretion to enjoin possible future violations of law where past violations have been shown, and the court's determination that the public interest requires the imposition of a permanent restraint should not be disturbed on appeal unless there has been a clear abuse of discretion.”
7 later decisions 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.