Lemmon v. Cedar Point, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
406 F.2d 94 · 1969
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 21 later decisions — most recently October 1996
13 federal appellate · 3 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 Coleman v. Graybar Electric Co. · Harding v. Montgomery Ward Co. · Parish & Bingham Corp. v. Jackson
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[C]ourts will strictly construe contractual provisions which authorize the forfeiture of important rights almost earned by the rendering of substantial service. Unless the language of the contract is so clear as to permit no other reasonable interpretation, such provisions will be construed to prevent arbitrary action in reliance on them.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“this deficiency can be cured by amendment ... since it is apparent that jurisdiction does in fact exist”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.