Garrity v. Lyle Stuart, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis

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105 federal appellate · 12 district · 92 state decisions

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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 404 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “It has always been held that punitive damages are not available for mere breach of contract, for in such a case only a private wrong, and not a public right, is involved.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Parke-Hayden, Inc. v. Loews Theatre Management Corp. · Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. v. Terre Haute Industries, Inc.

2. “[E]nforcement of an [arbitrator's] award of punitive damages as a purely private remedy would violate strong public policy.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 76 N.C. App. 16 - Rodgers Builders, Inc. v. McQueen · Fahnestock & Co. v. Waltman

3. ““ ‘The trouble with an arbitration admitting a power to grant unlimited damages by way of punishment is that if the court treated such an award in the way arbitration awards are usually treated, and followed the award to the letter, it would amount to an unlimited draft upon judicial power. In the usual case, the court stops only to inquire if the award is authorized by the contract; is complete and final on its face; and if the proceeding was fairly conducted. *** If the usual rules were followed there would be no effective judicial supervision over punitive awards in arbitration.’ ” Garrity, 40 N.Y.2d at 358-59 , 386 N.Y.S.2d at 834 , 353 N.E.2d at 796 , quoting Publishers’ Association v. Newspaper & Mail Deliverers’ Union (1952), 280 App. Div. 500, 503 , 114 N.Y.S.2d 401, 404 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 229 Ill. App. 3d 89 - Edward Electric Co. v. Automation, Inc.