Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
573 U.S. 258 · 2014
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 3 district · 2 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 78I (§ 9 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) · 15 U.S.C. § 78J (§ 10 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) · 15 U.S.C. § 78J (§ 10a of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) · 15 U.S.C. § 78R (§ 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934)
Relies on Basic Inc. v. Levinson · TSC Industries, Inc. v. Northway, Inc. · Blue Chip Stamps v. Manor Drug Stores · Patterson v. McLean Credit Union · Payne v. Tennessee
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 68 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“requiring . . . direct proof of reliance [in such an individual securities fraud action] 'would place an unnecessarily unrealistic evidentiary burden on the [investor],'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“have to 'show a speculative state of facts, i.e., how he would have acted . . . if the misrepresentation had not been made.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the defendant might attempt to pick off the occasional class member here or there through individualized rebuttal”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.