31 Del. Ch. 5 - Phillips v. Willis’s Empirical Analysis
1949
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
2
states following
November 1980
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Peyton v. William C. Peyton Corp. · Allen v. Adams · Bradford v. Vinton
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"This case exemplifies the not unusual situation where a person is brought into a difficult business situation and thereafter works long and hard over a great many years until a remarkable job of remedying that situation has been accomplished. When he beholds all that has been accomplished through his efforts, he feels entitled to a greater reward. So realizing, he attempts to exploit a situation for his personal gain even though he thereby violates his duty as a confidential agent." Phillips v. Willis, 31 Del. Ch. 5 , 63 A.2d 171, 178 .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Bata v. Hill · Bata v. Hill
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.