Brown v. Nucor Corp.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 federal appellate · 4 district ·

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

1. “(1) the class is so numerous that joinder of all members is impracticable; (2) there are questions of law or fact common to the class; (3) the claims or defenses of the representative parties are typical of the claims or defenses of the class; and (4) the representative parties will fairly and adequately protect the interests of the class.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Sharp Farms v. Speaks · LaMarcus Ealy v. Pinkerton Government Services

2. “[T]he final three requirements of Rule 23(a) “tend to merge,” with commonality and typicality “serving as guideposts for determining whether ... maintenance of a class action is economical and whether the named plaintiffs claim and the class claims are so interrelated that the interests of the class members will be fairly and adequately protected in their absence.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Kuei-I Wu v. Mamsi Life & Health Insurance

3. “ninety-four black employees who worked at the plant from 2001 through 2004.” Id. at 152 . The workers’ experts estimated that there may have been about 150 black workers in total who”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Brown v. Nucor Corp.