Wilson v. McClenny’s Empirical Analysis
1964
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 92 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 121 later decisions — most recently April 2020 · most notably Kelly v. International Harvester Company (1971), Broussard
3 federal appellate · 92 state decisions — followed in 11 states
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 Childress v. Abeles · A. S. Rampell, Inc. v. Hyster Co. · King v. . Barnes · 18 Ill. App. 2d 404 - W. P. Iverson & Co. v. Dunham Manufacturing Co. · May v. Santa Fe Trail Transportation 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 121 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“As stockholders they had a financial interest in the corporation.... [B]ecause of their financial interest ... they had a qualified privilege....”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage“an action in tort lies against an outsider who knowingly, intentionally and unjustifiably induces one party to a contract to breach it to the damage of the other party. . . . To subject the outsider to liability for compensatory damages on account of this tort, the plaintiff must allege and prove these essential elements of the wrong: First, that a valid contract existed between the plaintiff and a third person, conferring upon the plaintiff some contractual right against the third person. Second, that the outsider had knowledge of the plaintiffs contract with the third person. Third, that the outsider intentionally induced the third person not to perform his contract with the plaintiff. Fourth, that in so doing the outsider acted without justification. Fifth, that the outsider’s act caused the plaintiff actual damages.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“'an interest in the activities of a corporation or the duty to advise or direct such activities should be immune from liability for inducing the corporation to breach its contract, assuming their actions are in pursuit of such interests or duties. Public policy demands that so long as these parties act in good faith and for the best interests of their corporation, they should not be deterred by the danger of personal liability.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Bossuyt v. Osage Farmers National Bank · Kelly Broussard Jim Stephens Mark Zuckerman Arnold Fischthal John Hagar Vincent Matera Denis Wickham Mary Ann Wickham Kenex Corporation Ralph Yarusso v. Meineke Discount Muffler Shops, Incorporated New Horizons Advertising, Incorporated Gkn Parts Industries Gkn, Plc Ronald Smythe Gene Zhiss Ted Pearce, and Michigan Franchisees, Which Consists Of: Peter D. Beyer, Ronald S. Slack, Susan I. Slack, Sherman J. Radford, Jayne Radford, William J. Varney, Sr., William J. Varney, Jr., Sher-Jay and Sons, Incorporated, and M.A.T.M., Incorporated, Atl International, Incorporated Blimpie International, Incorporated Burger King Corporation Doctor's Associates, Incorporated Foodmaker, Incorporated Golden Corral Corporation Hardee's Food Systems, Inc. International Dairy Queen, Incorporated McDonald Corporation Mobil Oil Corporation the Southland Corporation Secretary of Commerce of the State of North Carolina American Council of Life Insurance Securities Industry Association British American Business Council of North Carolina, Incorporated American Association of Franchisees and Dealers American Franchisee Association Sal Lobello Goodwin Management Group, Inc. Steven D. Loye Family Limited Partnership Ps & F Enterprises Inc. Stephen Parascondola Robert Ott, Amici Curiae. Kelly Broussard Jim Stephens Mark Zuckerman Arnold Fischthal John Hagar Vincent Matera Denis Wickham Mary Ann Wickham Kenex Corporation Ralph Yarusso v. Meineke Discount Muffler Shops, Incorporated New Horizons Advertising, Incorporated Gkn Parts Industries Gkn, Plc Ronald Smythe Gene Zhiss Ted Pearce, and Michigan Franchisees, Which Consists Of: Peter D. Beyer, Ronald S. Slack, Susan I. Slack, Sherman J. Radford, Jayne Radford, William J. Varney, Sr., William J. Varney, Jr., Sher-Jay and Sons, Incorporated, and M.A.T.M., Incorporated, Atl International, Incorporated Blimpie International, Incorporated Burger King Corporation Doctor's Associates, Incorporated Foodmaker, Incorporated Golden Corral Corporation Hardee's Food Systems, Inc. International Dairy Queen, Incorporated McDonald Corporation Mobil Oil Corporation the Southland Corporation Secretary of Commerce of the State of North Carolina American Council of Life Insurance Securities Industry Association British American Business Council of North Carolina, Incorporated American Association of Franchisees and Dealers American Franchisee Association Sal Lobello Robert Ott Stephen Parascondola Ps & F Enterprises Inc. Steven D. Loye Family Limited Partnership Goodwin Management Group, Inc., Amici Curiae
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.