Adams Extract Co. v. Pleasure Hours, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis

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71 federal appellate · 19 district · 22 state decisions

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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 254 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) the complexity, expense and likely duration of the litigation ...; (2) the reaction of the class to the settlement____; (3) the stage of the proceedings and the amount of discovery completed ....; (4) the risks of establishing liability ...; (5) the risks of establishing damages ...; (6) the risks of maintaining the class action through the trial ...; (7) the ability of the defendants to withstand a greater judgment ...; (8) the range of reasonableness of the settlement fund in light of the best possible recovery ...; [and] (9) the range of reasonableness of the settlement fund to a possible recovery in light of all the attendant risks of litigation ... (citations omitted).”

   8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re Milken · Nelson v. Waring

2. “If the [settlement] terms themselves are fair, reasonable and adequate, the district court may fairly assume that they were negotiated by competent and adequate counsel”). 18 . Of course, the underlying circumstances — for example that certain types of claimants are differently situated in the settlement value of their underlying claims — would be a factual matter. 19 . Rule 23(a)(4) requires that the both the named plaintiffs and the class counsel be adequately representative. The Court made this distinction explicit, noting,”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Flanagan v. Ahearn · Bowling v. Pfizer, Inc.

3. “[E]ven when the court does not have power to adjudicate a claim, it may still 'approve release of that claim as a condition of settlement of [an] action [before it.]'”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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