Albert v. McGrath’s Empirical Analysis
1958
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1346 (Federal Tort Claims Act)
Relies on Hitaffer v. Argonne Co. · Eastern Air Lines, Inc. v. Union Trust Co. · Pratt v. Daly · Foot v. Card · Bernstein v. National Broadcasting Company
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The gist of the action for the alienation of affections is said to be the loss of consortium, — that is, the loss of the conjugal fellowship, company, cooperation, and aid of the husband or wife. Loss of consortium is the actionable consequence of the injury, and alienation of affections is a matter of aggravation.”
1 later decision 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.