Pierce Ford Sales, Inc. v. Ford Motor Co.’s Empirical Analysis
299 F.2d 425 · 1962
Citation profile
28 federal appellate · 5 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 51 later decisions — most recently July 2007 · most notably United States v. Tropiano (1969), Kestenbaum v. Falstaff Brewing Corp. (1975)
28 federal appellate · 5 district · 4 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
Relies on A. S. Rampell, Inc. v. Hyster Co. · Goldman v. Feinberg · Woodard v. General Motors Corp. · Russell v. Croteau
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 51 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“An automobile dealer may bring suit against any automobile manufacturer engaged in commerce, in any district court of the United States in the district in which said manufacturer resides, or is found, or has an agent, without respect to the amount in controversy, and shall recover the damages by him sustained and the cost of suit by reason of the failure of said automobile manufacturer from and after August 8, 1956 to act in good faith in performing or complying with any of the terms or provisions of the franchise, or in terminating, canceling, or not renewing the franchise with said dealer: Provided, That in any such suit the manufacturer shall not be barred from asserting in defense of any such action the failure of the dealer to act in good faith.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The Dealers’ Act defines good faith as: [T]he duty of each party to any franchise, and all officers, employees, or agents thereof to act in a fair and equitable manner toward each other so as to guarantee the one party freedom from coercion, intimidation, or threats of coercion or intimidation from the other party: Provided, That recommendation, endorsement, exposition, persuasion, urging or argument shall not be deemed to constitute a lack of good faith.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““ * * * Not only was the proposed contract expressly conditioned on Ford’s approval but even without such a condition Ford would be justified in protecting its own interest to have a dealer financially sound. Under the common law doctrine, interference is actionable when one who, without a privilege to do so, purposely causes a third person not to enter into a business relation with another. Restatement of Torts sec. 766. * * * Certainly there was no evidence of malicious conduct by Ford’s representatives. On the contrary Ford had a privilege to give the advice it gave. * * * ” (Emphasis supplied)”
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.