Securities & Exchange Commission v. Drexel Burnham Lambert Group, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
960 F.2d 285 · 1992
Citation profile
33 federal appellate · 32 district · 8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 415 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2024 · most notably Ortiz v. Fibreboard Corp. (1999), Robidoux v. Celani (1993)
33 federal appellate · 32 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
Relies on Eisen v. Carlisle & Jacquelin · Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Shutts · City of Detroit v. Grinnell Corporation, Manhattan-Ward, Incorporated v. Grinnell Corporation, 1225 Vine Street Building, Inc. v. Grinnell Corporation · Lewy v. Weinberger · Eisen v. Carlisle & Jacquelin
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 415 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) the class is so numerous that joinder of all members is impracticable, (2) there are questions of law or fact common to the class, (3) the claims or defenses of the representative parties are typical of the claims or defenses of the class, and (4) the representative parties will fairly and adequately protect the interests of the class.”
22 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) there should be no conflict between the interests of the class and the named plaintiff nor should there be collusion among the litigants; and (2) the parties' attorney must be qualified, experienced, and generally able to conduct the proposed litigation.”
13 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“each class member's claim arises from the same course of events, and each class member makes similar legal arguments to prove the defendant's liability.”
8 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.