Security Watch, Inc. v. Sentinel Systems, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
176 F.3d 369 · 1999
Citation profile
19 federal appellate · 3 district · 12 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 73 later decisions — most recently April 2024 · most notably Kristian v. Comcast Corp. (2006), Clinkscale v. Carter (2004)
19 federal appellate · 3 district · 12 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 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005) · 9 U.S.C. § 16 (Federal Arbitration Act)
Relies on Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital v. Mercury Construction Corp. · M/s Bremen v. Zapata off-Shore Company · Soberon v. United States · Toliver v. County of Sullivan · Foss v. Foss
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 73 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Merger clauses are routinely incorporated in agreements in order to signal to the courts that the parties agree that the contract is to be considered completely integrated. A completely integrated agreement must be interpreted on its face, and thus the purpose and effect of including a merger clause is to preclude the subsequent introduction of evidence of preliminary negotiations or of side agreements in a proceeding in which a court interprets the document.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“arising out of or relating to the Products furnished pursuant to this Agreement or acts . . . under this Agreement.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“not reach disputes relating to products shipped under earlier agreements.”
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.