Joy v. North’s Empirical Analysis
692 F.2d 880 · 1982
Citation profile
63 federal appellate · 29 district · 51 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 251 later decisions — most recently January 2023 · most notably 38 Cal. 3d 913 - Perdue v. Crocker National Bank (1985), Stern v. Trustees of Columbia University (1997)
63 federal appellate · 29 district · 51 state decisions — followed in 17 states
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 12 U.S.C. § 84
Relies on Mills v. Electric Auto-Lite Co. · Rideout v. United States · J. I. Case Co. v. Borak · Globe Newspaper Company v. Superior Court for County of Norfolk · Ross v. Bernhard
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 251 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a]n adjudication is a formal act of government, the basis of which should, absent exceptional circumstances, be subject to public scrutiny.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he business judgment rule extends only as far as the reasons which justify its existence. Thus, it does not apply in cases, e.g., in which the corporate decision lacks a business purpose, is tainted by a conflict of interest, is so egregious as to amount to a no-win decision, or results from an obvious and prolonged failure to exercise oversight or supervision.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[p]rotective orders are useful to prevent discovery from being used as a club by threatening disclosure of matters which will never be used at trial. Discovery involves the use of compulsory process to facilitate orderly preparation for trial, not to educate or titillate the public.”
5 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.