Greene v. Brown

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• Rule 23 “is not intended to substitute the lawyer for the client and turn an individual’s suit for vindication of his personal rights into a lawyer’s suit for vindication of the rights of a class”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Council of and for the Blind of Delaware County Valley, Inc. v. Donald T. Regan, Secretary of the Treasury
  D.C. Circuit· 1983-06-10· cited 162×
• Nolvert P. SCOTT, Jr., Appellant, Etc. v. the UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE Et Al.
  Third Circuit· 1979-06-06· cited 136×
• Kaplan v. Pomerantz
  N.D. Illinois· 1990-05-22· cited 15×
• Strykers Bay Neighborhood Council, Inc. v. City of New York
  S.D. New York· 1988-09-13· cited 13×
• Butterworth v. Quick & Reilly, Inc.
  M.D. Florida· 1997-04-11· cited 10×
• Grimes v. Pitney Bowes Inc.
  N.D. Georgia· 1983-04-01· cited 6×
• Smyth v. Carter
  W.D. Virginia· 1996-06-25· cited 4×
• Cooper v. Virginia Beach Fire Department
  E.D. Virginia· 2002-04-12· cited 3×
• Scott v. City of Anniston
  N.D. Alabama· 1981-04-16· cited 3×
• Woodson v. Hutto
  E.D. Virginia· 1979-01-12

Cites

22 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green
  Supreme Court· 1973-05-14· cited 38,518×
• Eisen v. Carlisle & Jacquelin
  Supreme Court· 1974-05-28· cited 3,301×
• East Texas Motor Freight System, Inc. v. Rodriguez
  Supreme Court· 1977-05-31· cited 1,222×
• Unnamed case
  Third Circuit· 1975-02-25· cited 621×
• Brisco HUFF, on Behalf of Himself and Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. N. D. CASS COMPANY OF ALABAMA, Defendant-Appellee
  Fifth Circuit· 1973-09-04· cited 242×
• EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Appellant, v. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Appellee
  Fourth Circuit· 1976-01-22· cited 204×
• Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 96,173 Michael Susman v. Lincoln American Corp., Ann Flamm and Arnold Flamm v. Rudolph Eberstadt, Jr. And Microdot, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1977-08-31· cited 176×
• Barnett v. W. T. Grant Co.
  Fourth Circuit· 1975-06-12· cited 130×
• Elijah KING, Appellant, v. SEABOARD COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY Et Al., Appellees
  Fourth Circuit· 1976-04-29· cited 123×
• Long v. Sapp
  Fifth Circuit· 1974-10-04· cited 116×
• Fred MOSS, Jr., Appellant, v. the LANE COMPANY, INCORPORATED, Appellee
  Fourth Circuit· 1973-01-11· cited 69×
• Winifred S. NANCE, Appellee, v. UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION, CONSUMER PRODUCTS DIVISION, a Corporation, Appellant
  Fourth Circuit· 1976-09-23· cited 51×
• Hubbard v. Rubbermaid, Inc.
  D. Maryland· 1977-08-11· cited 43×
• Unnamed case
  Fourth Circuit· 1972-12-29· cited 42×
• Moss v. Lane Co.
  W.D. Virginia· 1970-03-24· cited 36×
• Unnamed case
  Fifth Circuit· 1977-11-01· cited 23×
• Cobb v. Avon Products, Inc.
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 1976-07-26· cited 21×
• Tomkin v. Kaysen
  S.D. New York· 1976-01-23· cited 13×
• Unnamed case
  Fourth Circuit· 1977-12-02· cited 9×
• MacOn v. Bailar
  E.D. Virginia· 1978-05-01· cited 9×