Boudreau v. Baughman’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
18 federal appellate · 4 district · 204 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 318 later decisions — most recently February 2026 · most notably Dalton v. Camp (2001), Waddle v. Sparks (1992)
18 federal appellate · 4 district · 204 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 New Jersey Department of Corrections v. Nash · Dickens v. Puryear · Bradford Elec. Light Co. v. Clapper · Barwick v. Celotex Corp. · 436 So. 2d 93 - Combs v. State
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 318 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]f the action is not brought within the specified period, the plaintiff ‘literally has no cause of action. ... ’”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage“[T]he mere fact that the law of the forum differs from that of the other jurisdiction does not mean that the foreign statute is contrary to the public policy of the forum. Bradford Electric Light Co. v. Clapper, 286 U.S. 145 , [ 52 S.Ct. 571 , 76 L.Ed. 1026 ] (1932). To render foreign law unenforceable as contrary to public policy, it must violate some prevalent conception of good morals or fundamental principle of natural justice or involve injustice to the people of the forum state. Ellison v. Hunsinger, [ 237 N.C. 619 ,] 75 S.E.2d 884 ([]1953); Howard v. Howard, [ 200 N.C. 574 ,] 158 S.E. 101 ([]1931). This public policy exception has generally been applied in cases such as those involving prohibited marriages, wagers, lotteries, racing, gaming, and the sale of liquor. Howard v. Howard, [ 200 N.C. 574 ] 158 S.E. 101 .”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“all inferences of fact . . . must be drawn against the movant and in favor of the party opposing the motion.”
4 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.