Weiss v. Lehman’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
4 district ·
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 77D (§ 4 of the Securities Act of 1933) · 15 U.S.C. § 77E (§ 5 of the Securities Act of 1933) · 15 U.S.C. § 78C (§ 3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) · 15 U.S.C. § 78J (§ 10 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) · 18 U.S.C. § 1962 (§ 901 of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 1331
Relies on Securities & Exchange Commission v. W. J. Howey Co. · United Housing Foundation, Inc. v. Forman · Landreth Timber Co. v. Landreth · Southern Railway Co. v. Jackson · Harris v. Jones
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““(1) Intentional and willful acts: (2) Calculated to cause damage to [plaintiff] in [his] lawful business; (3) Done with the unlawful purpose to cause such damage or loss, without right or justifiable cause on the part of [defend dant], (which constitutes malice); and (4) Actual damage and loss resulting.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““... I find that the plaintiffs shall be granted judgment on their Common Law claims contained in Counts VIII (Common Law Fraud) and IX (Breach of Fiduciary Duty).””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Weiss v. Lehman
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.