Beecher v. White’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 1 district · 20 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 27 later decisions — most recently May 2000 · most notably Zapata v. Burns (1988), Hardy v. VerMeulen (1987)
4 federal appellate · 1 district · 20 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 Johnson v. St. Vincent Hospital, Inc. · Rosenberg v. Town of North Bergen · Kitchens v. Smith · Klein v. Catalano · Dague v. Piper Aircraft Corp.
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i}n our decision we must be ever mindful that we are not engaged in the fabrication or selection of the wisest, or most desirable [,] of a number of possible courses in the common law.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“34-4-20-1. "As used in this chapter: (1) 'Person' means any individual, partnership, association, corporation, business trust, joint stock company, or unincorporated organization. (2) 'Contract' means any contract either oral or written. (8) 'Tort' means any injury to person or property inflicted other than by mere breach of contract. (4) 'Date of substantial completion' means the earlier of: (A) The date upon which construction of an improvement to real property is sufficiently completed, in accordance with a contract of construction (as modified by any additions, deletions, or other amendments) so that the owner of the real property upon which the improvement is constructed can occupy and use the premises in the manner contemplated by the terms of the contract; or (B) The date of the first beneficial use of the improvement or any portion of the improvement." 34-4-20-2. "No action to recover damages whether based upon contract, tort, nuisance, or otherwise, for: (a) Any deficiency, or alleged deficiency, in the design, planning, supervision, »construction, or observation of construction of an improvement to real property; (b) An injury to property, either real or personal, arising out of any deficiency; or (c) Injury to the person, or for wrongful death, arising out of any such deficiency; shall be brought against any person who designs, plans, supervises, or observes the construction of, or constructs an improvement to real property, unless the action is commenced within th”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[T]he scope of a builder's liability is often greater than an owner's; he is faced with more potential plaintiffs and more theories of liability.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.