Markman v. Hoefer’s Empirical Analysis
1960
Citation profile
36 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 37 later decisions — most recently March 2016 · most notably Meyer v. Nottger (1976), Mease Ex Rel. Oliver v. Fox (1972)
36 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 Hill v. Polar Pantries · Wilson v. Corbin · Shaw v. Addison · Roth v. Headlee · Economy Fuse & Mfg. Co. v. Raymond Concrete Pile 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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ . . . In building and construction contracts, in the absence of an express agreement to the contrary, it is implied that the building will be erected in a reasonably good and workmanlike manner and will be reasonably fit for the intended purpose.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage“building will be erected in a reasonably good and workmanlike manner and will be reasonably fit for the intended purpose.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.