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← 254 FSUPP2D 205 - Lewis v. General Electric Co.

Lewis v. General Electric Co.’s Empirical Analysis

2003

Citation profile

3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
October 2023
most recently cited

2 district · 1 state decisions

Relationships

Applies 42 U.S.C. § 9601 (§ 101 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980)

Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · LeBlanc v. Great American Insurance · Riley v. Presnell · Bowen v. Eli Lilly & 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “[a]lthough decisions have gone in various directions regarding common law nuisance claims for diminution in property value caused by nearby contamination, the stronger strand of jurisprudence favors recognizing such claims”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
    e.g. Nancy MYRICK v. PECK ELECTRIC COMPANY, D/B/A Peck Solar, Encore Middlebury Solar I, LLC and Encore Redevelopment, LLC Dale Hastings and Jess Whitney v. Solarcommunities, Inc., D/B/A Suncommon, Sun CSA 6, LLC and Helios Solar, LLC

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.