Foti v. Cook’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 64 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 93 later decisions — most recently April 2016 · most notably Varney Business Services, Inc. v. Pottroff (2002), Microstrategy Incorporated v. Business Objects Sa (2005)
3 federal appellate · 64 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 Worrie v. Christine · Richardson v. Paxton Company · Meissel v. Finley · 127 Ind. App. 433 - Ebbeskotte v. Tyler · Linville v. Servisoft of Virginia, Inc.
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 93 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A court must give effect to the intention of the parties as expressed in the language of their contract, and the rights of the parties must be determined accordingly.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) Is the restraint, from the standpoint of the employer, reasonable in the sense that it is no greater than is necessary to protect the employer in some legitimate business interests?; (2) From the standpoint of the employee, is the restraint reasonable in the sense that it is not unduly harsh and oppressive in curtailing his legitimate efforts to earn a livelihood?; (3). Is the restraint reasonable from the standpoint of a sound public policy?”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[I]t is relevant to consider the parties involved, their respective positions; and the circumstances of the transaction.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Fish v. Collins
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.