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Gilbert v. Prudential-Bache Securities, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis

769 F.2d 940 · 1985

Citation profile

cited by 14 later decisions

states following

November 1993

most recently cited

7 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions

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) · 18 U.S.C. § 1964 (§ 901 of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act)

Relies on Sedima Sprl v. Imrex Company Inc · Sedima Sprl v. Imrex Company 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

“6 The plaintiffs, investors in Willbet Enterprises, Inc. and State Financial Corporation, brought this action in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against State Financial and officers of both Willbet and State Financial. The complaint alleged that the defendants had violated section 1962(c) of RICO and the analogous provision of Florida's RICO Act, Fla.Stat.Ann. 895.01-07, as well as the federal securities laws and various state laws, by engaging in a”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. Alloy v. Miller
“this defect--if defect it is--is inherent in the statute as written, and its correction must lie with Congress. It is not for the judiciary to eliminate the private action in situations where Congress has provided it....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. Northeast Women's Center, Inc. v. McMonagle
“The Court [in Sedima ] refused to read into civil RICO any requirement, unexpressed by Congress, that the statute be confined to situations implicating organized crime....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. Northeast Women's Center, Inc. v. McMonagle

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.