Barak v. Obioha’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005)
Relies on Conley v. Gibson · Steamfitters Local Union No. 420 Welfare Fund v. Philip Morris, Inc. · Emerson v. Thiel College · Weichert Co. Realtors v. Ryan · Martindale v. Sandvik, 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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“two parties 'agree on essential terms and manifest an intention to be bound by those terms.'”
1 later decision 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.