Gimpel v. Bolstein’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
32 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 36 later decisions — most recently December 2024 · most notably Landstrom v. Shaver (1997), 68 Wash. App. 69 - Robblee v. Robblee (1992)
32 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.
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“burdensome, harsh and wrongful conduct; a lack of probity and fair dealing in the affairs of a company to the prejudice of some of its members; or a visible departure from the standards of fair dealing, and a violation of fair play on which every shareholder who entrusts his money to a company is entitled to rely.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“This definition, too, has found support in New York cases. ( Matter of Beshar , N YL.J., Feb. 18, 1981, p. 6, col. 1.) In Mardikos v. Arger , 116 Misc.2d 1028 , 457 N.Y.S.2d 371 , this approach was summarized by defining `oppression' as `conduct which fair-minded people would find objectionable.' ( Mardikos v. Arger , supra, p. 1031, 457 N.Y.S.2d 371 .)”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he most prominent [definition of oppression] stems from the writings of F. Hodge O'Neal, [which define] 'oppression' as a violation by the majority of the 'reasonable expectations' of the [minority].”
2 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.