Burt v. Irvine Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1965
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 32 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 52 later decisions — most recently June 2016 · most notably 1 Cal. 3d 93 - Jones v. H. F. Ahmanson & Co. (1969), Cox v. Summa Corp. (1985)
8 federal appellate · 32 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 Pepper v. Litton · 40 Cal. 2d 317 - Faulkner v. California Toll Bridge Authority · 44 Cal. 2d 90 - Temescal Water Co. v. Department of Public Works · Bainbridge v. Stoner · Gamble v. Queens County Water Co.
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 52 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a]n action for relief not hereinbefore provided for must be commenced within four years after the cause of action shall have accrued.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“it is generally held that an action for fraud committed against a corporation is tolled for the period that those responsible for the fraud remain in control of the corporation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“inherent fairness from the viewpoint of the corporation and those interested therein.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.