Shafir v. Steele’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 federal appellate · 12 district · 28 state decisions

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

1. “One who intentionally and improperly interferes with the performance of a contract (except a contract to marry) between another and a third person, by preventing the other from performing the contract or causing his performance to be more expensive or burdensome, is subject to liability to the other for the pecuniary loss resulting to him.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. North Shore Pharmacy Services, Inc. v. Breslin Associates Consulting LLC · 249 F. Supp. 2d 62 - Gouin v. Gouin

2. “One who intentionally and improperly interferes with the performance of a contract (except a contract to marry) between another and a third person by inducing or otherwise causing the third person not to perform the contract, is subject to liability to the other for the pecuniary loss resulting to the other from the failure of the third person to perform the contract.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wilspec Technologies, Inc. v. DunAn Holding Group Co.

3. “harm to reputation and mental suffering.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Fiori v. Truck Drivers, Local 170