Shash v. Biogen Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
2023
Citation profile
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Massachusetts District Court)
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 78J (§ 10 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) · 15 U.S.C. § 78T (§ 20 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) · 15 U.S.C. § 78U (§ 21d of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) · 28 U.S.C. § 1404
Relies on Ashcroft v. Iqbal · Basic Inc. v. Levinson · Tellabs, Inc. v. Makor Issues & Rights, Ltd. · Dura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Broudo · United States v. Zannino
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'we recount the underlying facts as alleged in the complaint,' but 'disregard any conclusory allegations.'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“fraud cannot be established by hindsight.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.