Schreiber v. Burlington Northern, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
145 federal appellate · 30 district · 18 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 393 later decisions (21 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2024 · most notably Central Bank of Denver Na v. First Interstate Bank of Denver Na K (1994), Gregory v. Ashcroft (1991)
145 federal appellate · 30 district · 18 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.
Appellate journey
reviewedSchreiber v. Burlington Northern, Inc. (from Third Circuit Court of Appeals)
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. § 78M (§ 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) · 15 U.S.C. § 78N (§ 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) · 15 U.S.C. § 80B
Relies on Ernst & Ernst v. Hochfelder · Santa Fe Industries, Inc. v. Green · Piper v. Chris-Craft Industries, Inc. · Rondeau v. Mosinee Paper Corp. · Bradley v. J. F. Batte & Sons of Richmond, Inc.
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 393 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“). 29 Finnegan asserts that the SEC is without authority to regulate agreements between rival bidders such as Macy's and Campeau because the SEC is only empowered to regulate in the area of disclosure. This assertion misperceives the scope of that federal agency's power. The last sentence in Sec. 14(e) states: 30 The Commission shall, for the purposes of this subsection, by rules and regulations define, and prescribe means reasonably designed to prevent, such acts and practices as are fraudulent, deceptive, or manipulative. 31 In adding this sentence in 1970,”
12 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“words grouped in a list should be given related meaning”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““In adding the 1970 amendment, Congress simply provided a mechanism for defining and guarding against those acts and practices whiclolve material misrepresentation or [disclosure. The amendment gives tSecurities and Exchange Commissioritude to regulate nondeceptive activiias a ‘reasonably designed’ means oJbventing manipulative acts, witho suggesting any change in the mean of the term ‘manipulative’ itself”.”
4 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.