Norris v. Mitchell’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 2 district · 51 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 79 later decisions — most recently November 2018 · most notably Hitachi Credit America Corp. v. Signet Bank (1999), Rambus Inc. v. Infineon Technologies AG (2003)
8 federal appellate · 2 district · 51 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 Van Deusen v. Snead · Horner v. Ahern · Walt Robbins, Inc. v. Damon Corporation · School Board v. Caudill Rowlett Scott, Inc. · Faison v. Hudson
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 79 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“does not become final `until after the time limited therein for the plaintiff to amend his [pleading] has expired.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]his observation is confirmed by the Supreme Court of Virginia, which requires “either an allegation or evidence of a knowing and a deliberate decision not to disclose a material fact” in a concealment claim.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Virginia recognizes a claim for intentional fraud. Additionally, Virginia law provides a cause of action for constructive fraud, which, unlike intentional fraud, only requires proof that a false representation of a material fact was made, innocently or negligently. Furthermore, Virginia recognizes fraud by omission, sometimes called concealment. The Virginia Supreme Court has explained, however, that “concealment, whether accomplished by word or conduct, may be the equivalent of a false representation, because concealment always involves deliberate nondisclosure.””
1 later decision 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.