Feldman v. Cutaia’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 federal appellate · 3 district · 32 state decisions

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 56 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “all of a corporation’s stockholders are harmed and would recover pro rata in proportion with their ownership of the corporation’s stock solely because they are stockholders”); Gentile v. Rossette, 906 A.2d 91, 99 (Del.2006) (indicating that”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. AHW Investment Partnership v. Citigroup Inc. · WATKINS v. HAMM

2. “In any derivative suit instituted by a stockholder of a corporation, it shall be averred in the complaint that the plaintiff was a stockholder of the corporation at the time of the transaction of which such stockholder complains or that such stockholder's stock thereafter devolved upon such stockholder by operation of law.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Parfi Holding AB v. Mirror Image Internet, Inc. · Arkansas Teacher Retirement System v. Countrywide Financial Corp.

3. “In a derivative action brought by one or more shareholders or members to enforce a right of a corporation or of an unincorporated association, the corporation or association having failed to enforce a right which may properly be asserted by it, the complaint shall allege that the plaintiff was a shareholder or member at the time of the transaction of which the plaintiff complains or that the plaintiff’s share or membership thereafter devolved on the plaintiff by operation of law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Parfi Holding AB v. Mirror Image Internet, Inc.