Williams v. Page’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1343 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Perkins v. Lukens Steel Co. · Dolgow v. Anderson · Philadelphia Electric Co. v. Anaconda American Brass Co. · Gillibeau v. City of Richmond · Weiss v. Tenney 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““(3) the court finds that questions of law or fact common to the members of the class predominate over any questions affecting only individual members, and that a class action is superi- or to other available methods for the fair and efficient adjudication of the controversy. The matters pertinent to the findings include: (A) the interest of members of the class in individually controlling the prosecution or defense of separate actions; (B) the extent and nature of any litigation concerning the controversy already commenced by or against members of the class; (C) the desirability or undesirability of concentrating the litigation of the claims in the particular forum; (D) the difficulties likely to be encountered in the management of a class action.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“1. The class must be so numerous that joinder of all members would be impracticable. 2. There must.be questions of law or fact common to the class. 3. The claims or defenses of the representative parties must be typical of the claims or defenses of the class. 4. The representative parties must fairly and adequately protect the interests of the class.”
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.