Hanley v. Chrysler Motors Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
433 F.2d 708 · 1970
Citation profile
39 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 54 later decisions — most recently February 2015 · most notably Edward C. Rea and 22 Ford Inc., a Corporation v. Ford Motor Company, a Corporation (1974), United States v. The J. B. Williams Company, Inc., and Parkson Advertising Agency, Inc. (1974)
39 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 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 United Gas Improvement Co. v. Continental Oil Co. · Presbyterian Church v. Mary Elizabeth Blue Hull Memorial Presbyterian Church · Williams v. Zuckert, Secretary of the Air Force, Et Al. · Crane v. United States · Gomes v. Williams
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 54 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“to act in good faith in performing or complying with any of the terms or provisions of the franchise agreement.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The acts complained of ... do not relate to the termination of the franchise but to alleged coercion and intimidation through bad faith conduct of Chrysler. If the alleged acts are actionable at all, they are made so by the statute, and the cause of action accrued when they were committed. The statutory remedy was available, even though there was no termination of the franchises. It is conceded that the acts, except for 6(d), occurred more than three years prior to the commencement of this action. Consequently, the statute of limitations barred a recovery for damages growing out of them.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““to act in a fair and equitable manner ... to guarantee ... freedom from coercion, intimidation, or threats of coercion or intimidation ... Provided, That recommendation, endorsement, exposition, persuasion, urging or argument shall not be deemed to constitute lack of good faith.” (Emphasis in original.)”
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.