Fiser v. Dell Computer Corporation’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 45 district · 51 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 106 later decisions — most recently April 2020 · most notably Cordova v. World Finance Corp. of NM (2009), McKee v. AT & T CORP. (2008)
2 federal appellate · 45 district · 51 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
Applies 9 U.S.C. § 3
Relies on Amchem Products, Inc. v. Windsor · Eisen v. Carlisle & Jacquelin · Mitsubishi Motors Corporation v. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth Inc Soler Chrysler-Plymouth Inc · Scherk v. Alberto-Culver Co. · Green Tree Financial Corp.-Alabama v. Randolph
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 106 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“is determined by analyzing the circumstances surrounding the contract's formation, such as whether it was an adhesive contract and the relative bargaining power of the parties.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“Substantive unconscionability relates to the content of the contract terms and whether they are illegal, contrary to public policy, or grossly unfair.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“The classic articulation of unconscionability is that it is comprised of two prongs: substantive unconscionability and procedural unconscionability.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.