237 Mich. App. 670 - Graham v. Ford’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 federal appellate · 6 state decisions

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 65 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “so outrageous in character, and so extreme in degree, as to go beyond all possible bounds of decency, and to be regarded as atrocious and utterly intolerable in a civilized community.”

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jones v. Muskegon County · Brent v. Wayne Cnty. Dep't of Human Servs.

2. “(1) extreme and outrageous conduct, (2) intent or recklessness, (3) causation, and (4) severe emotional distress.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 258 Mich. App. 175 - Lewis v. LeGrow · 344 F. Supp. 2d 1071 - Mills v. Equicredit Corp.