Zimmerman v. Bell’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

34 federal appellate · 20 district · 8 state decisions

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

1. “[b]ecause the extent of knowledge of the omitted facts or reliance on misrepresented facts will vary from [class member] to [class member], the question of whether the omission was material might require an individual inquiry for each [class member]”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Belle v. Jefferson-Pilot Life Ins. Co. · Kelly Broussard Jim Stephens Mark Zuckerman Arnold Fischthal John Hagar Vincent Matera Denis Wickham Mary Ann Wickham Kenex Corporation Ralph Yarusso v. Meineke Discount Muffler Shops, Incorporated New Horizons Advertising, Incorporated Gkn Parts Industries Gkn, Plc Ronald Smythe Gene Zhiss Ted Pearce, and Michigan Franchisees, Which Consists Of: Peter D. Beyer, Ronald S. Slack, Susan I. Slack, Sherman J. Radford, Jayne Radford, William J. Varney, Sr., William J. Varney, Jr., Sher-Jay and Sons, Incorporated, and M.A.T.M., Incorporated, Atl International, Incorporated Blimpie International, Incorporated Burger King Corporation Doctor's Associates, Incorporated Foodmaker, Incorporated Golden Corral Corporation Hardee's Food Systems, Inc. International Dairy Queen, Incorporated McDonald Corporation Mobil Oil Corporation the Southland Corporation Secretary of Commerce of the State of North Carolina American Council of Life Insurance Securities Industry Association British American Business Council of North Carolina, Incorporated American Association of Franchisees and Dealers American Franchisee Association Sal Lobello Goodwin Management Group, Inc. Steven D. Loye Family Limited Partnership Ps & F Enterprises Inc. Stephen Parascondola Robert Ott, Amici Curiae. Kelly Broussard Jim Stephens Mark Zuckerman Arnold Fischthal John Hagar Vincent Matera Denis Wickham Mary Ann Wickham Kenex Corporation Ralph Yarusso v. Meineke Discount Muffler Shops, Incorporated New Horizons Advertising, Incorporated Gkn Parts Industries Gkn, Plc Ronald Smythe Gene Zhiss Ted Pearce, and Michigan Franchisees, Which Consists Of: Peter D. Beyer, Ronald S. Slack, Susan I. Slack, Sherman J. Radford, Jayne Radford, William J. Varney, Sr., William J. Varney, Jr., Sher-Jay and Sons, Incorporated, and M.A.T.M., Incorporated, Atl International, Incorporated Blimpie International, Incorporated Burger King Corporation Doctor's Associates, Incorporated Foodmaker, Incorporated Golden Corral Corporation Hardee's Food Systems, Inc. International Dairy Queen, Incorporated McDonald Corporation Mobil Oil Corporation the Southland Corporation Secretary of Commerce of the State of North Carolina American Council of Life Insurance Securities Industry Association British American Business Council of North Carolina, Incorporated American Association of Franchisees and Dealers American Franchisee Association Sal Lobello Robert Ott Stephen Parascondola Ps & F Enterprises Inc. Steven D. Loye Family Limited Partnership Goodwin Management Group, Inc., Amici Curiae

2. “the party opposing the class has acted or refused to act on grounds generally applicable to the class thereby making appro priate final injunctive relief or corresponding declaratory relief 'with respect to the class as a whole.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Lott v. Westinghouse Savannah River Co. · Sawyer v. Noble

3. “[t]o recover in an action for securities fraud, individual class members must demonstrate that the omitted information was not otherwise available to them.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Broussard v. Meineke Discount Muffler Shops, Inc. · Kelly Broussard Jim Stephens Mark Zuckerman Arnold Fischthal John Hagar Vincent Matera Denis Wickham Mary Ann Wickham Kenex Corporation Ralph Yarusso v. Meineke Discount Muffler Shops, Incorporated New Horizons Advertising, Incorporated Gkn Parts Industries Gkn, Plc Ronald Smythe Gene Zhiss Ted Pearce, and Michigan Franchisees, Which Consists Of: Peter D. Beyer, Ronald S. Slack, Susan I. Slack, Sherman J. Radford, Jayne Radford, William J. Varney, Sr., William J. Varney, Jr., Sher-Jay and Sons, Incorporated, and M.A.T.M., Incorporated, Atl International, Incorporated Blimpie International, Incorporated Burger King Corporation Doctor's Associates, Incorporated Foodmaker, Incorporated Golden Corral Corporation Hardee's Food Systems, Inc. International Dairy Queen, Incorporated McDonald Corporation Mobil Oil Corporation the Southland Corporation Secretary of Commerce of the State of North Carolina American Council of Life Insurance Securities Industry Association British American Business Council of North Carolina, Incorporated American Association of Franchisees and Dealers American Franchisee Association Sal Lobello Goodwin Management Group, Inc. Steven D. Loye Family Limited Partnership Ps & F Enterprises Inc. Stephen Parascondola Robert Ott, Amici Curiae. Kelly Broussard Jim Stephens Mark Zuckerman Arnold Fischthal John Hagar Vincent Matera Denis Wickham Mary Ann Wickham Kenex Corporation Ralph Yarusso v. Meineke Discount Muffler Shops, Incorporated New Horizons Advertising, Incorporated Gkn Parts Industries Gkn, Plc Ronald Smythe Gene Zhiss Ted Pearce, and Michigan Franchisees, Which Consists Of: Peter D. Beyer, Ronald S. Slack, Susan I. Slack, Sherman J. Radford, Jayne Radford, William J. Varney, Sr., William J. Varney, Jr., Sher-Jay and Sons, Incorporated, and M.A.T.M., Incorporated, Atl International, Incorporated Blimpie International, Incorporated Burger King Corporation Doctor's Associates, Incorporated Foodmaker, Incorporated Golden Corral Corporation Hardee's Food Systems, Inc. International Dairy Queen, Incorporated McDonald Corporation Mobil Oil Corporation the Southland Corporation Secretary of Commerce of the State of North Carolina American Council of Life Insurance Securities Industry Association British American Business Council of North Carolina, Incorporated American Association of Franchisees and Dealers American Franchisee Association Sal Lobello Robert Ott Stephen Parascondola Ps & F Enterprises Inc. Steven D. Loye Family Limited Partnership Goodwin Management Group, Inc., Amici Curiae