Securities & Exchange Commission v. Gilbert’s Empirical Analysis
1979
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1 district ·
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Applies 15 U.S.C. § 78A (§ 1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934)
Relies on International Shoe Co. v. Washington · Hanson v. Denckla · Milliken v. Meyer · Shaffer v. Heitner · Harris v. United States
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Upon a domestic or foreign corporation or upon a partnership or other unincorporated association ... by delivering a copy of the summons and of the complaint to an officer, a managing or general agent, or to any other agent authorized by appointment or by law to receive service of process____””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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