People v. Riley’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
1 district · 30 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 31 later decisions — most recently June 2025 · most notably Rosenthal v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc. (1995), People v. Pahl (2006)
1 district · 30 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 15 U.S.C. § 77Q (§ 17 of the Securities Act of 1933)
Relies on Connally v. General Construction Co. · Bollenbach v. United States · Goldsboro Christian Schools, Inc. v. United States · United States v. Pomponio · California v. Southland Royalty Co.
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) It is unlawful for any person, in connection with the offer, sale, or purchase of any security, directly or indirectly: [[Image here]] (c) To engage in any act, practice, or course of business which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any person.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“Id. Thus, we explained that to convict a defendant under the precursor to subsection 11-51-501(1)(b), the prosecution was required to prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the defendant”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“aware that his conduct is of such nature or that such circumstance exists.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.