Ileto v. Glock, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1330 (§ 2 of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976) · 28 U.S.C. § 1603 (§ 4 of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976)
Relies on Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority · Rowland v. Christian · Spector Motor Service, Inc. v. McLaughlin · Balistreri v. Pacifica Police Department · Burton v. United States
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.
“harm to these Plaintiffs was not foreseeable. While it might be foreseeable that some criminals might obtain Glock firearms and use them to harm others, there was no way of foreseeing that this particular individual (Furrow) would obtain a Glock firearm and use it to injure these Plaintiffs.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“[a]nything which is injurious to health, or is indecent, or offensive to the senses, or an obstruction to the free use of property, so as to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property by an entire community or neighborhood, or by any considerable number of persons ...”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“even the negligent sale claim was based on the dangerous design of the particular firearm at issue. Additionally, the Merrill plaintiffs claimed that the defendant was negligent in selling the firearm generally, rather than through crimeprone distribution channels.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.