Doyle Hp v. Hasbro Inc’s Empirical Analysis
103 F.3d 186 · 1996
Citation profile
33 federal appellate · 178 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 241 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2023 · most notably Massachusetts School of Law at Andover, Inc. v. American Bar Ass'n (1998), Cheryl Bessette for Herself and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Avco Financial Services Inc (2000)
33 federal appellate · 178 district · 7 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 Sedima Sprl v. Imrex Company Inc · Reiter v. Cooper · Gooley v. Mobil Oil Corp. · Building & Construction Trades Council of the Metropolitan District v. Associated Builders & Contractors of Massachusetts/Rhode Island, Inc. · Agis v. Howard Johnson Co.
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 241 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]n appraising the sufficiency of the complaint we follow, of course, the accepted rule that a complaint should not be dismissed for failure to state a claim unless it appears beyond doubt that the plaintiff can prove no set of facts in support of his claim which would entitle him to relief.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) that [defendant] intended, knew, or should have known that his conduct would cause emotional distress; (2) that the conduct was extreme and outrageous; (3) that the conduct caused emotional distress; and (4) that the emotional distress was severe.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“explain what obligations were imposed on each of the parties by the alleged contract”
5 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.