Rooney v. Tyson’s Empirical Analysis
127 F.3d 295 · 1997
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Murphy v. American Home Products Corp. · Sabetay v. Sterling Drug, Inc. · Rule v. Brine, Inc. · Wanamaker v. Columbian Rope Co. · 742 F. Supp. 741 - Don King Productions, Inc. v. Douglas
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'[A]bsent an agreement establishing a fixed duration, an employment relationship is presumed to be a hiring at will, terminable at any time by either party.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“in certifying a question of the validity of the particular contractual relationship before us, we are not asking the New York Court of Appeals to interpret a contract or to decide a case * * * but rather to elucidate a series of open and recurring questions of New York law”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Rooney v. Tyson“Kevin Rooney will be Mike Tyson's trainer as long as Mike Tyson is a professional fighter.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Rooney v. Tyson
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.