Blake v. Dierdorff’s Empirical Analysis
856 F.2d 1365 · 1988
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 5 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 64 later decisions — most recently August 2012 · most notably Decker v. Glenfed, Inc. (1994), Moore v. Kayport Package Express, Inc. (1989)
22 federal appellate · 5 district · 1 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. § 77Q (§ 17 of the Securities Act of 1933) · 18 U.S.C. § 1341 (White-Collar Crime Penalty Enhancement Act of 2002) · 18 U.S.C. § 1343 · 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)
Relies on Morgan v. United States · Wool v. Tandem Computers Inc. · Semegen v. Weidner · Gibson v. United States · Robert K. Morrow, Inc. v. Agri-Beef Co.
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 64 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“it is reasonable to presume that these are the collective actions of the officers. Under such circumstances, a plaintiff fulfills the particularity requirement of Rule 9(b) by pleading the misrepresentations with particularity and where possible the roles of the individual defendants in the misrepresentations. 7 Wool, 818 F.2d at 1440 (internal quotation and citations omitted). The”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“corporate scheme to defraud was collectively devised by the [outside] director defendants.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“date ..., specific descriptions of the representations made, the reasons for their falsity, and, where possible, the roles of the individual defendants”
2 later decisions 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.