Belke v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith’s Empirical Analysis
693 F.2d 1023 · 1982
Citation profile
55 federal appellate · 12 district · 20 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 146 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently January 2019 · most notably Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. v. Byrd (1985), PAINEWEBBER INCORPORATED v. Willard S. HARTMANN, Leona R. Hartmann, Appellants (1990)
55 federal appellate · 12 district · 20 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 Bonner v. City of Prichard · Wilko v. Swan · Bassett Furniture Industries, Inc. v. Bravman · Harper Sibley, Jr., Cross v. Tandy Corporation, Tandy Corporation, Cross
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 146 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a]n arbitration clause covering disputes arising out of the contract or business between the parties evinces a clear intent to cover more than just those matters set forth in the contract.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“It is agreed that any controversy between us arising out of your business or this agreement shall be submitted to arbitration....”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[b]ecause federal law favors arbitration, any party arguing waiver of arbitration bears a heavy burden of proof.”
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.