Charron v. Wiener’s Empirical Analysis
731 F.3d 241 · 2013
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1961 (§ 901 of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 1962 (§ 901 of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act)
Relies on Amchem Products, Inc. v. Windsor · American Pipe & Construction Co. v. Utah · Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Shutts · Agency Holding Corporation v. Malley-Duff & Associates Inc Crown Life Insurance Company · Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) the complexity, expense and likely duration of the litigation; (2) the reaction of the class to the settlement; (3) the stage of the proceedings and the amount of discovery completed; (4) the risks of establishing liability; (5) the risks of establishing dam ages; (6) the risks of maintaining the class action through the trial; (7) the ability of the defendants to withstand a greater judgment; (8) the range of reasonableness of the settlement fund in light of the best possible recovery; (9) the range of reasonableness of the settlement fund to a possible recovery in light of all the attendant risks of litigation.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“that the district court's well-reasoned conclusion constituted an abuse of discretion, especially given the deference we accord to trial courts in these situations.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“When appropriate, a class may be divided into subclasses that are each treated as a separate class under this rule.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Alexander v. Azar
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.