Hodsdon v. Mars, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
891 F.3d 857 · 2018
Citation profile
1 district ·
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005)
Relies on 20 Cal. 4th 163 - Cel-Tech Communications, Inc. v. Los Angeles Cellular Telephone Co. · 144 Cal. App. 4th 824 - Daugherty v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc. · 52 Cal. App. 4th 326 - LiMandri v. Judkins · 72 Cal. App. 4th 861 - South Bay Chevrolet v. General Motors Acceptance Corp. · 136 Cal. App. 4th 1255 - Bardin v. DaimlerChrysler Corp.
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Although Hodsdon declined to 'consider whether the later state-court cases have effectively overruled Wilson ,' it made crystal clear that ' Wilson 's safety hazard pleading requirement is not necessary in all omission cases.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“if the omitted fact is (1) contrary to a [material] representation actually made by the defendant or (2) is a fact the defendant was obliged to disclose.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) [that] the defendant is the plaintiff's fiduciary; (2) [that] the defendant has exclusive knowledge of material facts not known or reasonably accessible to the plaintiff; (3) [that] the defendant actively conceals a material fact from the plaintiff; [or] (4) [that] the defendant makes partial representations that are misleading because some other material fact has not been disclosed.”
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.