Pearson v. Skydell’s Empirical Analysis
522 F.2d 171 · 1975
Citation profile
47 federal appellate · 6 district · 9 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 111 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2017 · most notably United Airlines, Inc. v. McDonald (1977), Kaspar Wire Works, Inc. v. Leco Engineering & Machine, Inc. (1978)
47 federal appellate · 6 district · 9 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
Relies on Eisen v. Carlisle & Jacquelin · American Pipe & Construction Co. v. Utah · McAllister v. United States · In Re Disbarment of Isserman · Johnson v. Railway Express Agency, 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 111 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“highly favored in the law and will be upheld whenever possible because they are a means of amicably resolving doubts and preventing lawsuits”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“stripped of its character as a class action”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A class action shall not be dismissed or compromised without the approval of the court, and notice of the proposed dismissal or compromise shall be given to all members of the class in such manner as the court directs.”
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.