Davis v. Comed, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
619 F.2d 588 · 1980
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 3 district · 23 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 71 later decisions — most recently October 2020 · most notably Fink v. Golenbock (1996), Kayes
17 federal appellate · 3 district · 23 state decisions — followed in 15 states
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 78J (§ 10 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934)
Relies on Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp. · Ross v. Bernhard · Procunier v. Martinez · Alexander v. Hillman · Wolf v. Frank
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 71 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“intertwined or interrelated, and it is frequently a combination of factors which leads a court to conclude that the plaintiff does not fulfill the requirements of 23.1.”
18 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“derivative action may not be maintained if it appears that the plaintiff does not fairly and adequately represent the interests of the shareholders or members similarly situated in enforcing the right of the corporation or association.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“courts have also scrutinized the remedy sought, and its implications, in assessing plaintiffs qualifications as a derivative representative.”
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.