Wright v. Schock’s Empirical Analysis
742 F.2d 541 · 1984
Citation profile
39 federal appellate · 20 district · 18 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 122 later decisions — most recently July 2023 · most notably United States v. Kessi (1989), Waste Management Holdings, Inc. v. Mowbray (2000)
39 federal appellate · 20 district · 18 state decisions — followed in 12 states
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
Relies on Eisen v. Carlisle & Jacquelin · American Pipe & Construction Co. v. Utah · S.S. Zoe Colocotroni v. Puerto Rico · Crown, Cork & Seal Co. v. Parker · Katz v. Carte Blanche Corp.
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 122 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a term that deliberately avoids a mechanical approach and calls upon judges”
11 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Neither Fed.R.Civ.P. 23 nor due process necessarily requires that the district court rule on class certification before granting or denying a motion for summary judgment. Rule 23 clearly favors early determination of the class issue, but where considerations of fairness and economy dictate otherwise, and where the defendant consents to the procedure, it is within the discretion of the district court to decide the motion for summary judgment first.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a]s soon as practicable after the commencement of an action brought as a class action,”
3 later decisions 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.