Comcast Corp. v. Behrend’s Empirical Analysis
569 U.S. 27 · 2013
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 21 district · 21 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Third Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 1 (§ 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act) · 15 U.S.C. § 15 (§ 4 of the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914)
Relies on Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · Amchem Products, Inc. v. Windsor · General Telephone Co. of Southwest v. Falcon · United States v. Grinnell Corp. · Brunswick Corporation v. Pueblo Bowl-O-Mat 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 168 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“predominate over any questions affecting only individual members,”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[b]efore certifying a class, the trial court must conduct a rigorous analysis to determine whether the party seeking certification has met the prerequisites of Rule 23.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“at the class-certification stage (as at trial), any model supporting a 'plaintiff's damages case must be consistent with its liability case.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.