Brandenburg v. Seidel’s Empirical Analysis
859 F.2d 1179 · 1988
Citation profile
73 federal appellate · 23 district · 8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 198 later decisions (3 by the Supreme Court) — most recently October 2023 · most notably Quackenbush California Insurance Commissioner v. Allstate Insurance Co (1996), Holmes v. Securities Investor Protection Corporation (1992)
73 federal appellate · 23 district · 8 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. § 15 (§ 4 of the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914) · 18 U.S.C. § 1341 (White-Collar Crime Penalty Enhancement Act of 2002) · 18 U.S.C. § 1343 · 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. § 1963 (§ 901 of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 1964 (§ 901 of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 2314
Relies on United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs · Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital v. Mercury Construction Corp. · Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United States · Sedima Sprl v. Imrex Company Inc · Burford v. Sun Oil 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 198 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“such factors as the foreseeability of the particular injury, the intervention of other independent causes, and the factual directness of the causal connection.”
15 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a classic situation for Burford abstention.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. 202 F. Supp. 2d 1150 - Easter v. American West Financial · Francine Tafflin Seymour Zuckerman Eris Zuckerman Renalee Selvin Joan Zuckerman Sylvia Zuckerman Seymour Zuckerman, of the Estate of Samuel Zuckerman George R. Lyon George C. Lyon Peter M. Lyon Bruce K. Lyon Elizabeth A. Lyon George R. Lyon Mary G. Lathrop, Personal Representatives of the Estate of George M. Lyon Kent H. Butcher Stanley Z. Felsenberg, M.D., Personal Representative of the Estate of Minnie Felsenberg Margaret Graves Thurman L. Graves Sandra L. Pletka Gertrude Durso Enterprise Equipment Co., Inc. Carmen R. Goldings Clelia S. Goldings Ethan D. Goldings Herbert J. Goldings, Md Sarah M. Goldings Doris Konig Windell R. Carter Catherine Carter Mitchell W. Landy, Rio Grande Savings & Loan Assoc. v. Jeffrey A. Levitt Lcp Corporation Allan H. Pearlstein Jerome S. Cardin Light Street Partnership Allen Feinberg Robert D. Pearlstein Samuel Shoubin Dennis E. Guidice Karol Levitt Rosemary Pearlstein Old Court Savings & Loan, Inc. Maryland Savings Share Insurance Corp. Maryland Deposit Insurance Fund Corporation Charles C. Hogg, II Paul B. Trice, Jr. George W. H. Pierson Jerome F. Dolivka Francis F. Anderson Michael J. Dietz Leonard Bass John C. Donohue, Sr. Henry R. Elsnic John D. Faulkner, Jr. James D. Laudeman Terry L. Neifeld Glass and Associates, P.A. Cardin and Cardin, P.A., Venable, Baetjer & Howard David Unlfelder, Lcp Corporation, Francine Tafflin Seymour Zuckerman Eris Zuckerman Renalee Selvin Joan Zuckerman Sylvia Zuckerman Seymour Zuckerman, of the Estate of Samuel Zuckerman George R. Lyon George C. Lyon Peter M. Lyon Bruce K. Lyon Elizabeth A. Lyon George R. Lyon Mary G. Lathrop, Personal Representative of the Estate of George M. Lyon Gertrude Durso Enterprise Equipment Co., Inc. Carmen R. Goldings Clelia S. Goldings Ethan D. Goldings Herbert J. Goldings, Md Sarah M. Goldings Doris Konig Windell R. Carter Catherine Carter Mitchell W. Landy Rio Grande Savings & Loan Assoc. v. Jeffrey A. Levitt Lcp Corporation Allan H. Pearlstein Jerome S. Cardin Light Street Partnership Allen Feinberg Robert D. Pearlstein Samuel Shoubin Dennis E. Guidice Karol Levitt Rosemary Pearlstein Old Court Savings & Loan, Inc. Maryland Savings Share Insurance Corp. Maryland Deposit Insurance Fund Corporation Charles C. Hogg, II Paul B. Trice, Jr. George W. H. Pierson Jerome F. Dolivka Francis F. Anderson Michael J. Dietz Leonard Bass John C. Donohue, Sr. Henry R. Elsnic John D. Faulkner, Jr. David Uhlfelder James D. Laudeman Terry L. Neifeld Glass and Associates, P.A. Cardin and Cardin, P.A., Venable, Baetjer & Howard Lcp Corporation“'the number and variety of predicate acts and the length of time over which they were committed, the number of putative victims, the presence of separate schemes, and the potential for multiple distinct injuries.'”
4 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.