Walter v. Drayson’s Empirical Analysis
538 F.3d 1244 · 2008
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 3 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1962 (§ 901 of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act)
Relies on Sedima Sprl v. Imrex Company Inc · Reves v. Ernst & Young · Republic of Philippines v. Pimentel · Chang v. Chen · Odom v. Microsoft Corp.
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[s]imply performing services for the enterprise does not rise to the level of direction,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“without having a role in its management and operation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Shoultz v. Derrick“word 'conduct' ... requires an element of direction.”
1 later decision 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.