Williams v. Riedman’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Ingersoll-Rand Co. v. McClendon · 47 Cal. 3d 654 - Foley v. Interactive Data Corp. · 9 Cal. 3d 566 - Gruenberg v. Aetna Insurance · Murphy v. American Home Products Corp. · Townes Associates, Ltd. v. City of Greenville
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing that is implied in every contract applies to employment contracts that alter the at-will employment status.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[W]e have declined to apply [the] covenant [of good faith and fair dealing] to the employment at-will situation where no contract exists.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“there exists in every contract an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.”
1 later decision 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.