McWilliams v. Zedlitz’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
November 1998
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Grendell v. Kiehl · Storthz v. Commercial National Bank · First Commercial Bank, N.A. v. Kremer · Union Lincoln Mercury, Inc. v. Daniel
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) a false, material representation (ordinarily of fact) made by the defendant; (2) scienter — knowledge by the defendant that the representation is false, or an assertion of fact which he does not know to be true; (3) an intention that the plaintiff should act on such representation; (4) justifiable reliance by the plaintiff on the representation; and (5) damage to the plaintiff resulting from such reliance.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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