Fisher IV v. Ag Becker Paribas Incorporation a’s Empirical Analysis
791 F.2d 691 · 1986
Citation profile
39 federal appellate · 10 district · 25 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 126 later decisions — most recently August 2025 · most notably 59 Cal. 4th 348 - Iskanian v. CLS Transportation Los Angeles, LLC (2014), 31 Cal. 4th 1187 - Saint Agnes Medical Center v. PacifiCare of California (2003)
39 federal appellate · 10 district · 25 state decisions — followed in 11 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1292
Relies on Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital v. Mercury Construction Corp. · Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. v. Byrd · Wilko v. Swan · Bassett Furniture Industries, Inc. v. Bravman · Peary v. Connecticut
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 126 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) knowledge of an existing right to compel arbitration; (2) acts inconsistent with that existing right; and (3) prejudice to the party opposing arbitration resulting from such inconsistent acts.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“strong federal policy favoring enforcement of arbitration agreements.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a]ny extra expense incurred as a result of the [plaintiffs'] deliberate choice of an improper forum, in contravention of their contract, cannot be charged to [the defendant].”
2 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.