Cannon v. Bresch’s Empirical Analysis
1932
Citation profile
18 federal appellate · 2 district · 68 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 106 later decisions — most recently November 2021 · most notably Neville Chemical Co. v. Union Carbide Corp. (1970), Dilks v. Flohr Chevrolet (1963)
18 federal appellate · 2 district · 68 state decisions — followed in 10 states
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 Perry v. Payne · Atherton v. Clearview Coal Co. · Bearce v. Bowker · Woodbury v. Post · Henry H. Tuttle Co v. Phipps
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 106 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“* * * said lessee does hereby release and discharge said lessor, * * *, from any and all liability for damage that may result from the bursting, stoppage, and leakage of any water pipe, steam pipe, gas pipe, sewer, basin, water closet and drain, and from all liability for any and all damage caused by water, gas, waste and contents of said water pipes, gas pipes, steam heat pipes, sewers, basins, water closets and drains.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. 253 Pa. Super. 474 - Zimmer v. Mitchell and Ness · Western Fire Insurance Company, a Corporation, and United States Fire Insurance Company, a Corporation v. Milner Hotels, Inc., a North Dakota Corporation, Girard Insurance Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a Corporation(intervenor) v. Milner Hotels, Inc., a North Dakota Corporation“The terms are emphatic--the word 'all' needs no definition; it includes everything, and excludes nothing. There is no more comprehensive word in the language....”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage““It is a contract between persons conducting a strictly private business and relates entirely to their personal and private affairs, and so cannot be opposed to public policy. It would seem to be a matter of no interest to the public or the State.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.