Sargent v. Genesco, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
492 F.2d 750 · 1974
Citation profile
76 federal appellate · 9 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 160 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2015 · most notably Blue Chip Stamps v. Manor Drug Stores (1975), Piper v. Chris-Craft Industries, Inc. (1977)
76 federal appellate · 9 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. § 771 (CAN-SPAM Act of 2003) · 15 U.S.C. § 78A (§ 1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) · 15 U.S.C. § 78J (§ 10 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) · 15 U.S.C. § 78N (§ 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) · 28 U.S.C. § 1292 · 28 U.S.C. § 1404 · 28 U.S.C. § 1406
Relies on Conley v. Gibson · Van Dusen v. Barrack · Affiliated Ute Citizens of Utah v. United States · Mills v. Electric Auto-Lite Co. · J. I. Case Co. v. Borak
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 160 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the date when a claim accrues so as to trigger the state law limitation period is a matter of federal law.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“infinite varieties of devices that are alien to the 'climate of fair dealing' " Congress sought to create and maintain). The principal means of investor protection are disclosure requirements and civil remedies for fraudulent conduct. 120 Undoubtedly, a principal purpose of the securities laws is to promote the full disclosure of information that furthers informed investment decision-making. This purpose is manifest in Rule 10b-5(b) which makes it unlawful to "make any untrue statement of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“(t)he basic intent of section 10(b) and rule 10b-5 and indeed, of the Exchange Act, is to protect investors and instill confidence in the securities markets by penalizing unfair dealings.”
3 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.