Stewart v. Winter’s Empirical Analysis
669 F.2d 328 · 1982
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 10 district · 11 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 113 later decisions — most recently July 2017 · most notably Ruiz v. Estelle (1982), Baby Neal v. Casey (1994)
22 federal appellate · 10 district · 11 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 International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United States · Gerstein v. Pugh · Rhodes v. Chapman · Rizzo v. Goode · Sosna v. Iowa
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 113 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he interests and claims of the various plaintiffs need not be identical. Rather, the commonality test is met when there is at least one issue whose resolution will affect all or a significant number of the putative class members. The fact that some of the plaintiffs may have different claims, or claims that may require individualized analysis, will not defeat commonality-”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“As soon as practicable after the commencement of the action brought as a class action, the court shall determine by order whether it is to be so maintained”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Whether discovery will be permitted in connection with a motion for a class certification determination `lies within the sound discretion of the trial court.)'”
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.