Crocker v. McMullan’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
4 federal appellate ·
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Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1961 (§ 901 of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act)
Relies on 1 Cal. 3d 93 - Jones v. H. F. Ahmanson & Co. · Yanow v. Teal Industries, Inc. · Gregory v. Mitchell · Warren v. Manufacturers National Bank of Detroit · Empire Life Insurance Co. of America v. Valdak 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In his capacity as a shareholder of Paragon, any injury he incurred was actually one sustained by the corporation. "An action to redress injuries to a corporation cannot be maintained by a shareholder in his own name but must be brought in the name of the corporation. The shareholder’s rights are merely derivative and can be asserted only through the corporation. Although this rule does not apply in a case where the shareholder shows a violation of duty owed directly to him, dimunition (sic) in value of the corporate assets is insufficient direct harm to give the shareholder standing to sue in his own right.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“that the controlling majority shareholders injured the ... minority shareholders, by their mismanagement and false and misleading financial statements,”
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.