Levant v. Whitley’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 3 district · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Miller v. Avirom · Howard University v. Best · Moss v. Civil Aeronautics Board · Marjorie Webster Junior College, Inc. v. Middle States Ass'n of Colleges & Secondary Schools, Inc. · Bible Way Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of Apostolic Faith of Washington v. Beards
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) the complaint must be verified and must allege (a) that the plaintiff was a member at the time of the transaction of which the plaintiff complains and (b) that the action is not a collusive one to confer jurisdiction on a court of the United States which it would not otherwise have; (2) the complaint must allege with particularity the efforts made by the plaintiff to obtain the action the plaintiff desires from the directors, and the reasons for the plaintiffs failure to obtain the action or for not making the effort; (3) the plaintiff must “fairly and adequately represent the interests of the ... members similarly situated in enforcing the right of the corporation or association.””
1 later decision 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.