IIT v. Cornfeld’s Empirical Analysis
619 F.2d 909 · 1980
Citation profile
71 federal appellate · 40 district · 8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 378 later decisions (4 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2023 · most notably Herman & MacLean v. Huddleston (1983), Central Bank of Denver Na v. First Interstate Bank of Denver Na K (1994)
71 federal appellate · 40 district · 8 state decisions
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
Relies on Foman v. Davis · Ernst & Ernst v. Hochfelder · TSC Industries, Inc. v. Northway, Inc. · Santa Fe Industries, Inc. v. Green · Nye & Nissen v. United States
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 378 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) the existence of a . . . violation by the primary (as opposed to the aiding and abetting) party; (2) `knowledge' of this violation on the part of the aider and abettor; and (3) `substantial assistance' by the aider and abettor in the achievement of the primary violation.”
15 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) the existence of a securities law violation by the primary (as opposed to the aiding and abetting) party; (2) “knowledge” of this violation on the part of the aider and abettor; and (3) “substantial assistance” by the aider and abettor in the achievement of the primary violation.”
14 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“have a duty to take reasonable steps to correct misstatements they have discovered in previous financial statements on which they know the public is relying.”
6 later decisions 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.