Wilkinson v. Rosenthal & Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 78J (§ 10 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934)
Relies on Washington v. Washington State Commercial Passenger Fishing Vessel Ass'n · United States v. Downing · Aloe Coal Company v. Clark Equipment Co · United States v. Williams · Shad v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc.
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a]n opinion based on false assumptions is unhelpful in aiding the jury in its search for the truth, and is likely to mislead and confuse.”
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.