CLARENCE JACKSON v. ROBERT GEORGE’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
February 2025
most recently cited
2 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jones v. Wolf · Miller v. Avirom · Tooley v. Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette, Inc. · Bouldin v. Alexander · Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co. v. Eco Chem, Inc.
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“where (1) there is an implied or express agreement to assume liabilities, (2) the transaction amounts to a 'de facto merger,' [or] (3) the successor corporation is a 'mere continuation' of its predecessor ....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“a situation whereby the specific purpose of acquiring assets is to place those assets out of reach of the predecessor's creditor.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“a business entity which acquires the assets of another business is not liable for its predecessor's liabilities and debts.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.