Blumenthal v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
910 F.2d 1049 · 1990
Citation profile
30 federal appellate · 7 district · 15 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 88 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2019 · most notably Grupo Mexicano Desarrollos v. Alliance Bond Fund Inc, Grupo Mexicano De Desarrollo, S. A. v. Alliance Bond Fund, Inc. (1999)
30 federal appellate · 7 district · 15 state decisions — followed in 12 states
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 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005) · 9 U.S.C. § 4
Relies on Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital v. Mercury Construction Corp. · Commissioner v. Sunnen · Prima Paint Corp. v. Flood & Conklin Mfg. Co. · Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. v. Byrd · Shearson/American Express Inc. v. McMahon
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 88 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“); Note, Recovery for Wrongful Interlocutory Injunctions Under Rule 65(c) , 99 Harv. L. Rev. 828 , 836-42 (1986) (”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[w]here an injunction has been issued and it turns out that prompt arbitration is available, the enjoined party is that much more able to have the injunction promptly reconsidered.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the pro-arbitration policies reflected in [those cases] are furthered, not weakened, by a rule permitting a district court to preserve the meaningfulness of the arbitration”
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.