Sutherland v. Gross’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 19 district · 16 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 42 later decisions — most recently September 2018 · most notably Consolidated Generator-Nevada, Inc. v. Cummins Engine Co. (1998), Dow Chemical Co. v. Mahlum (1998)
3 federal appellate · 19 district · 16 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 Collins v. Union Federal Sav. & Loan Ass'n · Ramona Manor Convalescent Hospital v. Care Enterprises · Leavitt v. Leisure Sports Incorporation · 195 Cal. App. 2d 621 - Kooper v. King · Sherman Gardens Company v. Longley
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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) a valid and existing contract; (2) the defendant's knowledge of the contract; (3) intentional acts intended or designed to disrupt the contractual relationship; (4) actual disruption of the contract; and (5) resulting damage.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Likewise, when the defenses interposed by the answering co-defendant call into question the validity of plaintiffs entire cause of action and when such defenses prove successful, the defenses inure to the benefit of the defaulting co-defendant.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Leavitt v. Siems“the answer of a co-defendant inures to the benefit of a defaulting defendant when there exists a common defense as to both of them.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Leavitt v. Siems
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.