Mason v. Funderburk’s Empirical Analysis
1969
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 71 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 118 later decisions — most recently May 2022 · most notably 7 Cal. 4th 503 - Applied Equipment Corp. v. Litton Saudi Arabia Ltd. (1994), 50 Cal. 3d 1118 - Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. Bear Stearns & Co. (1990)
12 federal appellate · 71 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 New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · St. Amant v. Thompson · William Truax v. Mike Raich · 18 Cal. 2d 33 - Imperial Ice Co. v. Rossier · Downey v. United Weatherproofing, 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 118 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The fundamental premise of the tort--that a person has a right to pursue his valid contractual and business expectancies unmolested by the wrongful and officious intermeddling of a third party--has been crystallized and defined in Restatement, Torts Sec. 766.... 30”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“A conspiracy may be shown by direct evidence of an actual agreement or understanding between conspirators, but it may also be shown by circumstantial evidence. Chapline v. State, 11 Ark. 444, 95 S.W. 477 . It also may be inferred from actions of alleged conspirators, if it be shown that they pursued the same unlawful object, each doing a part, so that their acts, although apparently independent, are in fact connected and cooperative, indicating a closeness of personal association and a concurrence of sentiment. Wilson v. Davis, 138 Ark. 111 , 211 S.W. 152 ; Stewart v. Hedrick, 205 Ark. 1063 , 172 S.W.2d 416 ; Chapline v. State, supra. Any act done or declaration made by one of the conspirators in furtherance, aid or perpetration of the alleged conspiracy may be shown as evidence against his fellow conspirators. Wilson v. Davis, supra; Chapline v. State, supra.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“a combination of two or more persons to accomplish a purpose that is unlawful or oppressive or to accomplish some purpose, not in itself unlawful, oppressive, or immoral, by unlawful, oppressive or immoral means, to the injury of another.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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