Watson v. Johnson Mobile Homes’s Empirical Analysis
284 F.3d 568 · 2002
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Relies on BMW of North America, Inc. v. Gore · Varity Corporation v. Howe · Cooper Industries, Inc. v. Leatherman Tool Group, Inc. · Veronica Wallace v. The Methodist Hospital System - · Rubinstein v. Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]here is no particular disparity between punitive and actual damages that will automatically result in our declaring a punitive damages award unconstitutional.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Lincoln v. Case“an idea whether the size of the award is suspect.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Lincoln v. Case
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.