Williams v. Bartlett’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 6 district · 90 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 105 later decisions — most recently January 2024 · most notably Konover Development Corp. v. Zeller (1994), Seal Audio, Inc. v. Bozak, Inc. (1986)
5 federal appellate · 6 district · 90 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 Mathews v. Eldridge · Morrissey v. Brewer · Goldberg v. Kelly · Fuentes v. Shevin · Cafeteria & Restaurant Workers Union, Local 473 v. McElroy
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 105 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A probable cause hearing is not intended to be a trial on the merits, nor does it require the plaintiffs to establish their claims by a preponderance of the evidence. . . . The court, in making its determination of probable cause, does so on the basis of the facts before it.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“establish that there is probable cause to sustain the validity of his claim. . . .”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“In general, partners act as trustees toward each other and toward the partnership. Moreover, the general partner of a limited partnership has the fiduciary duty of rendering true accounts and full information about anything which affects the partnership. . . . We have stated that a fiduciary or confidential relationship is characterized by a unique degree of trust and confidence between the parties, one of whom has superior knowledge, skill or expertise and is under a duty to represent the interests of the other. . . . The superior position of the fiduciary or dominant party affords him great opportunity for abuse of the confidence reposed in him. CT Page 7023”
2 later decisions 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.