Singleton v. Foreman’s Empirical Analysis
435 F.2d 962 · 1970
Citation profile
19 federal appellate · 25 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 57 later decisions — most recently February 2007 · most notably Quality Foods Centro America Sa Sa v. Latin American Agribusiness Development Corporation Sa, Cook & Nichol, Inc. v. Plimsoll Club (1971)
19 federal appellate · 25 state decisions — followed in 10 states
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 Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co. · Toilet Goods Association v. W Gardner · Captain Tom Barber v. The Motor Vessel "Blue Cat", a 32' Catamaran, Her Engines, Apparel, Tackle and Equipment · Kirksey v. Jernigan · 94 So. 2d 854 - Griffith v. Shamrock Village
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 57 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] client by virtue of a contract with his attorney is not made an indentured servant, a puppet on counsel’s string, nor a chair in the courtroom. Counsel should advise, analyze, argue, and recommend, but his role is not that of an imperator whose edicts must prevail over the client’s desire.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim should not be granted unless it appears to a certainty that the plaintiff would not be entitled to recover under any state of facts which could be proved in support of his claim. Cook & Nichol v. Plimsoll Club, 451 F.2d 505, 506 (5th Cir. 1971)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“eliminated from the contract and still leave a valid working arrangement fairly reflecting the original mutual understanding between the parties.”
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.