Edmonds v. Getty’s Empirical Analysis

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1 district · 2 state decisions

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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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[b]ackdating options qualifies as one of those `rare cases [in which] a transaction may be so egregious on its face that board approval cannot meet the test of business judgment, and a substantial likelihood of director liability therefore exists.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re F5 Networks, Inc.

2. “during” the lowest market price of the month (or year). Use of the word”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 599 F. Supp. 2d 875 - In Re Keithley Instruments, Inc., Derivative Litigation