Debbis v. Hertz Corporation’s Empirical Analysis
1967
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 13 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 27 later decisions — most recently July 2009 · most notably Farwell v. Un (1990), President of Georgetown College v. Madden (1980)
2 federal appellate · 13 district · 7 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1391 · 28 U.S.C. § 1404
Relies on Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co. · MacPherson v. . Buick Motor Co. · White v. King · Kerr v. Compagnie De Ultramar · Tramontana v. S. A. Empresa De Viacao Aerea Rio Grandense
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““A seller’s warranty whether express or implied extends to any natural person who is in the family or household of his buyer or who is a guest in his home if it is reasonable to expect that such person may use, consume or be affected by the goods and who is injured in person by breach of the warranty. A seller may not exclude or limit the operation of this section.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“For the convenience of parties and witnesses, in the interest of justice, a district court may transfer any civil action to any other district or division where it might have been brought (emphasis supplied).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“* * * When wrongful act occurs outside of Maryland. (a) Application of substantive law of another state.—If the wrongful act occurred in another state, the District of Columbia, or a territory of the United States, a Maryland court shall apply the substantive law of that jurisdiction. (b) Maryland court to apply own rules of pleading and procedure.—Notwithstanding the fact that the wrongful act occurred in another jurisdiction, a Maryland court in which the action is pending shall apply its own rules of pleading and procedure.”
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.