Willis v. Lipton’s Empirical Analysis
947 F.2d 998 · 1991
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 8 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 21 later decisions — most recently July 2012
5 federal appellate · 8 district ·
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. § 53 (Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914) · 18 U.S.C. § 1961 (§ 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 United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs · Sedima Sprl v. Imrex Company Inc · Bethlehem Steel Corp. v. Pemberton · Bowsher v. Merck & Co. · American National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago v. Haroco Inc
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“An extension of RICO standing in these circumstances would serve to 'federalize' a substantial volume of common law fraud litigation traditionally left to state courts.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Gabovitch v. Shear“merely incidental to the corporation's injury”
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.