Sweet Dreams Unlimited, Inc. v. Dial-A-Mattress International, Ltd.’s Empirical Analysis
1 F.3d 639 · 1993
Citation profile
39 federal appellate · 10 district · 16 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 111 later decisions — most recently September 2024 · most notably 750 So. 2d 633 - Seifert v. US Home Corp. (1999), Doe v. Princess Cruise Lines, Ltd. (2011)
39 federal appellate · 10 district · 16 state decisions — followed in 11 states
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 9 U.S.C. § 16 (Federal Arbitration Act)
Relies on Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital v. Mercury Construction Corp. · United Steelworkers v. Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co. · Prima Paint Corp. v. Flood & Conklin Mfg. Co. · Southland Corp. v. Keating · Nolde Bros., Inc. v. Local No. 358, Bakery & Confectionery Workers Union
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 111 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“any dispute between contracting parties that is in any way connected with their contract could be said to `arise out of' their agreement and thus be subject to arbitration under a provision employing this language.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“all disputes . . . whether or not they implicate interpretation or performance of the contract per se.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A] party may not avoid a contractual arbitration clause merely by casting its complaint in tort.”
3 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.