Gonzales v. Sansoy’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 4 district · 54 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 64 later decisions — most recently February 2016 · most notably 142 Wis. 2d 425 - Tucker v. Marcus (1988), Clay v. Ferrellgas, Inc. (1994)
2 federal appellate · 4 district · 54 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 Scott v. Rizzo · Loucks v. Albuquerque National Bank · Lubbock Feed Lots, Inc. v. Iowa Beef Processors, Inc. · McCauley v. Ray · Bank of New Mexico v. Rice
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 64 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he conduct giving rise to the punitive damages claim must be the same conduct for which actual or compensatory [or nominal] damages were allowed.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Recovery of punitive damages is permissible if the jury finds the wrongdoer's conduct to be willful, wanton, malicious, reckless, oppressive, grossly negligent, or fraudulent and in bad faith.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Valdez v. Warner“[a]n award of punitive damages must be supported by an award of compensatory damages.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Sanchez v. Clayton
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.