Windham v. American Brands, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 16 later decisions — most recently April 2002
4 federal appellate · 2 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1292 · 28 U.S.C. § 2072 · 7 U.S.C. § 1428 · 7 U.S.C. § 1441
Relies on Eisen v. Carlisle & Jacquelin · Larson v. Domestic & Foreign Commerce Corp. · Parker v. Brown · Snyder v. Harris · Yi Au Lau v. United States Immigration & Naturalization Service
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The superiority element has two facets, although these may not appear as separate in many cases. That is, this criterion should be measured by determining whether it would be worthwhile for the judge and the parties to devote the time and attention necessary to formulate workable methods for disposing of the group claims within one representative action, and, furthermore, whether it would be just to do so even if it would be convenient. (footnote omitted)” 3B Moore’s Federal Practice, § 23.45[3], (1974 Edition).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“To be sure, an essential concomitant of adequate representation is that the party’s attorney be qualified, experienced and generally able to conduct the proposed litigation. Additionally, it is necessary to eliminate so far as possible the likelihood that the litigants are involved as a collusive suit or that plaintiff has interests antagonistic to the remainder of the class.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“illegal, inadmissible as a solution of the manageability problems of class actions and wholly improper.”
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.