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Cunningham v. Fleetwood Homes of Georgia, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis

253 F.3d 611 · 2001

Citation profile

44
cited by 44 later decisions
6
states following
May 2019
most recently cited

12 federal appellate · 1 district · 13 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Mitsubishi Motors Corporation v. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth Inc Soler Chrysler-Plymouth Inc · Gilmer v. Interstate/Johnson Lane Corp. · Volt Information Sciences Inc v. Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford Junior University · Rodriguez De Quijas v. Shearson/American Express, Inc. · Wilko v. Swan

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

  1. “[b]ecause we conclude that [the manufacturer's] failure to disclose in the warranty a term or clause requiring the Cunninghams to utilize an informal dispute resolution mechanism runs afoul of the disclosure requirements of the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, we affirm the district court's order declining to compel arbitration of the written or express warranty claims.”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “requiring warrantors to present all information relevant to the warranty in one place, where it might be easily located and assimilated by the consumer.” Id. at 621 . 9 . The Cunningham ruling in no way turned on an”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “Compelling arbitration on the basis of an arbitration agreement that is not referenced in the warranty presents an inherent conflict with the [a]ct's purpose of providing clear and concise warranties to consumers.”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority

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.