Martin v. Reid’s Empirical Analysis
818 F.3d 302 · 2016
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Illinois Northern District Court)
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005)
Relies on Amchem Products, Inc. v. Windsor · Ortiz v. Fibreboard Corp. · In re Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc. · Reynolds v. Beneficial National Bank · Isby v. Bayh E G E
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“did not mean that nationwide classes are impermissible as a matter of law”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“(1) the strength of the case for plaintiffs on the merits, balanced against the extent of. settlement offer; (2) the complexity, length, and expense of further litigation; (3) the amount of opposition to the settlement; (4) the reaction of members of. the class to the settlement; (5) the opinion of competent counsel; and (6) stage of the proceedings and the amount of discovery completed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.