Meredith v. John Deere Plow Co.’s Empirical Analysis
185 F.2d 481 · 1950
Citation profile
26 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 32 later decisions — most recently January 2003 · most notably Meredith v. Van Oosterhout (1960), Meredith v. John Deere Plow Co. of Moline (1958)
26 federal appellate · 2 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
Relies on E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. v. Claiborne-Reno Co. · Lewis v. Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance · Bendix Home Appliances, Inc. v. Radio Accessories Co. · Terre Haute Brewing Co. v. Dugan
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“* * * the termination of the contract * * * is not a breach of the contract and will not sustain an action for damages.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“by either of the parties at will without incurring liability for damages to the other.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“obvious congenital weaknesses which rendered it unenforceable.”
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.