Hanlon v. Chrysler Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “the broad composition of the representative parties” can “vitiate[] any challenge founded on atypicality”
• holding that “the idiosyncratic differences between state consumer protection laws [were] not sufficiently substantive to predominate over the shared claims”
• holding that a superiority determination “necessarily involves a comparative evaluation of alternative mechanisms of dispute resolution.”
• holding that a class action settlement “must stand or fall in its entirety”
• concluding that “document request[s] and production, interrogatories, and the taking and defending of depositions” supported a determination that “counsel’s prosecution was sufficiently vigorous” under Rule 23(a)(4)
• holding that no statute, rule, or case allows counsel to make a class-wide objection.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

566 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Staton v. Boeing Co.
  Ninth Circuit· 2003-04-29· cited 1,028×
• In Re Bluetooth Headset Products Liability
  Ninth Circuit· 2011-08-19· cited 823×
• Ellis v. Costco Wholesale Corp.
  Ninth Circuit· 2011-09-16· cited 650×
• Grant Fritsch v. Swift Transportation Co. of Az
  Ninth Circuit· 2018-08-08· cited 623×
• Mazza v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 2012-01-12· cited 510×
• Unnamed case
  Ninth Circuit· 2000-06-19· cited 391×
• Sullivan v. DB Investments, Inc.
  Third Circuit· 2011-12-20· cited 369×
• Victor Parsons v. Charles Ryan
  Ninth Circuit· 2014-06-05· cited 333×
• Theodore H. Frank v. Netflix, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 2015-02-27· cited 313×
• Daniel Campbell v. City of Los Angeles
  Ninth Circuit· 2018-09-13· cited 306×
• Vinole v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 2009-07-07· cited 298×
• Jesus Leyva v. Medlin Industries Inc
  Ninth Circuit· 2013-05-28· cited 293×
• Alejandro Rodriguez v. James Hayes
  Ninth Circuit· 2009-08-20· cited 293×
• Wolin v. Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC
  Ninth Circuit· 2010-08-17· cited 285×
• Robert Radcliffe v. Experian Information Solutions
  Ninth Circuit· 2013-04-22· cited 258×
• Rutter & Wilbanks Corp. v. Shell Oil Co.
  Tenth Circuit· 2002-12-24· cited 254×
• Ginger McCall v. Facebook, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 2012-09-20· cited 249×
• Broussard v. Meineke Discount Muffler Shops, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 1998-08-19· cited 243×
• Molski v. Gleich
  Ninth Circuit· 2003-02-06· cited 203×
• Catherine Evon v. Law Offices of Sidney Mickell
  Ninth Circuit· 2012-08-01· cited 194×

Cites

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

• Blum v. Stenson
  Supreme Court· 1984-03-21· cited 7,642×
• Amchem Products, Inc. v. Windsor
  Supreme Court· 1997-06-25· cited 4,991×
• General Telephone Co. of Southwest v. Falcon
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-14· cited 4,068×
• Eisen v. Carlisle & Jacquelin
  Supreme Court· 1974-05-28· cited 3,301×
• Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Shutts
  Supreme Court· 1985-06-26· cited 1,691×
• Hansberry v. Lee
  Supreme Court· 1940-11-12· cited 1,544×
• Kerr v. Screen Extras Guild, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1975-11-28· cited 1,048×
• Gulf Oil Co. v. Bernard
  Supreme Court· 1981-06-01· cited 973×
• In Re General Motors Corporation Pick-Up Truck Fuel Tank Products Liability Litigation. Jack French, Robert M. West, Charles E. Merritt, Gary Blades, Dawn and Tracey Best, Gary and Jackie Barnes, Betty Marteny, John and Mary Southands, Edmund Berning, Dale W. Plummer, Edmund and Anneta Casey, John a
  Third Circuit· 1995-04-17· cited 850×
• Protective Committee for Independent Stockholders of TMT Trailer Ferry, Inc. v. Anderson
  Supreme Court· 1968-05-06· cited 826×
• Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 98,755, Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 99,074 William B. Weinberger v. James C. Kendrick, Charles M. Coyne
  Second Circuit· 1983-01-26· cited 443×
• Six (6) Mexican Workers v. Arizona Citrus Growers Bodine Produce Company, Inc. Robert Fletcher, D/B/A Fletcher Farms
  Ninth Circuit· 1990-05-18· cited 441×
• Unnamed case
  Third Circuit· 1996-06-27· cited 418×
• Maximo HILAO, Class Plaintiffs, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ESTATE OF Ferdinand MARCOS, Defendant-Appellant
  Ninth Circuit· 1996-12-17· cited 402×
• Unnamed case
  Ninth Circuit· 1982-09-21· cited 337×
• Class v. City of Seattle
  Ninth Circuit· 1992-02-04· cited 325×
• Unnamed case
  Ninth Circuit· 1994-03-23· cited 303×
• Unnamed case
  Ninth Circuit· 1995-02-09· cited 199×
• Paul, Johnson, Alston & Hunt v. Graulty
  Ninth Circuit· 1989-09-27· cited 195×
• L. Mets Lerwill, Charles M. Perry, for Themselves and on Behalf of All Employees of Inflight Motion Pictures, Inc. v. Inflight Motion Pictures, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1978-09-27· cited 191×