Roeder v. Alpha Industries, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
814 F.2d 22 · 1987
Citation profile
95 federal appellate · 184 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 353 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently December 2020 · most notably Hj Inc v. Northwestern Bell Telephone Company (1989), In re Burlington Coat Factory Securities Litigation (1997)
95 federal appellate · 184 district · 3 state decisions
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 15 U.S.C. § 78J (§ 10 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) · 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) · 41 U.S.C. § 51 (Anti-Kickback Act of 1986)
Relies on Conley v. Gibson · Ohio Bureau of Employment Services v. Hodory · Sedima Sprl v. Imrex Company Inc · TSC Industries, Inc. v. Northway, Inc. · Blue Chip Stamps v. Manor Drug Stores
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 353 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[w]hen a corporation does make a disclosure--whether it be voluntary or required--there is a duty to make it complete and accurate.”
11 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(a) To employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud, (b) To make any untrue statement of a material fact or to omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or (c) To engage in any act, practice, or course of business which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any person,”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“it appears beyond doubt that the plaintiff can prove no set of facts in support of his claim which would entitle him to relief.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Brierly v. Brierly · No. 01-2153
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.