Brown v. Hutton Group’s Empirical Analysis

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6 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions

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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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[a]ny private civil action implied under section 10(b) of this Act that was commenced on or before June 19, 1991— (1) which was dismissed as time barred subsequent to June 19, 1991, and (2) which would have been timely filed under the limitation period provided by the laws applicable in the jurisdiction, including principles of retroactivity, as such laws existed on June 19, 1991, shall be reinstated on motion by the plaintiff not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this section.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 799 F. Supp. 261 - Cooperativa de Ahorro y Credito Aguada v. Kidder, Peabody & Co.

2. “Legislation to alter such a technical defense, and its application even to dismissed cases, goes far less to the heart of the judicial function than would a legislative attempt to reverse adjudications which had addressed the true merits of the disputes in question.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 806 F. Supp. 108 - Pacific Mutual Life Insurance v. First Republicbank Corp.

3. “[f]ederal courts have long held that unless the passage of the statute of limitations creates a prescriptive property right, such as title in adverse possession, Congress is free to revive a cause of action after the limitations period has expired.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Boesky Securities Litigation