Erhardt v. Prudential Group, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
629 F.2d 843 · 1980
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 3 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 31 later decisions — most recently June 2022 · most notably In re Community Bank of Northern Virginia (2005), Perfect Fit Industries, Inc. v. Acme Quilting Co. (1981)
12 federal appellate · 3 district ·
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 Town of Mashpee v. Mashpee Tribe · International Longshoremen's Ass'n, Local 1291 v. Philadelphia Marine Trade Ass'n · Ciuzio v. United States · Hitt v. Nissan Motor Co. · International Business MacHines Corporation v. United States of America, International Business MacHines Corporation, and Cravath, Swaine & Moore v. United States of America, International Business MacHines Corporation v. David N. Edelstein, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Southerndistrict of New York, and United States of America
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“duty 'to direct the best notice practicable to class members ... and to safeguard them from unauthorized, misleading communications from the parties or their counsel.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““... Since the ‘disciplinary weapon is at the severe end of the spectrum ... a civil contempt order ... should only be imposed when there is clear and convincing proof of a violation of a court decree.’ ” Erhardt v. Prudential Group, Inc., 629 F.2d 843 (2d Cir.1980) and Swift v. Blum, 502 F.Supp. 1140 (1980).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'[u]napproved notice[s] to class members [that] are factually or legally incomplete lack objectivity and neutrality ... [and] will surely result in confusion and adversely affect the administration of justice.'”
2 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.