Supervalu, Inc. v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 4 district · 21 state decisions

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

1. “[t]he plaintiff must show that 1) the wrongdoer's conduct was intentional or reckless; 2) the conduct was outrageous or intolerable; 3) there was a causal connection between the wrongdoer's conduct and the resulting emotional distress; and 4) the resulting emotional distress was severe.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Marsh v. Curran · Llaven v. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

2. “if a defendant makes a promise that, when made, he has no intention of performing, that promise is considered a misrepresentation of present fact and may form the basis for a claim of actual fraud.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gelber v. Glock · STATION 2, LLC v. Lynch

3. “A predicate requirement for any claim of intentional infliction of emotional distress is that the alleged harmful conduct was directed intentionally toward the affected individual. In the absence of such conduct directed at a person individually, the law will not recognize a claim of intentional infliction of emotional distress.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Llaven v. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals