Doyle v. Northrop Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
4 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 16 later decisions — most recently September 2022
4 district · 6 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005)
Relies on Erie Co v. Tompkins · Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co. · Bernhardt v. Polygraphic Co. of America, Inc. · Territo v. United States · Atlantic Northern Airlines, Inc. v. Schwimmer
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“1105. Territorial application of title; power of parties to choose applicable law (a) General rule. — Except as otherwise provided in this section, when a transaction bears a reasonable relation to this Commonwealth and also to another state or nation the parties may agree that the law either of this Commonwealth or of such other state or nation shall govern their rights and duties. Failing such agreement this title applies to transactions bearing an appropriate relation to this Commonwealth. (b) Limitations on power of parties to choose applicable law. — Where one of the following provisions of this title specifies the applicable law, that provision governs and a contrary agreement is effective only to the extent permitted by the law (including the conflict of laws rules) so specified: Section 2402 (relating to rights of creditors of seller against sold goods). Sections 2A105 (relating to territorial application of division to goods covered by certificate of title) and 2A106 (relating to limitation on power of parties to consumer lease to choose applicable law and judicial forum). Section 4102 (relating to applicability of division on bank deposits and collections). Section 4A507 (relating .to choice of law). Section 8110 (relating to applicability; choice of law). Section 9103 (relating to perfection provisions of division on secured transactions).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“In general this Article adopts the position, implicit in prior law, that the law of the state where the collateral is located should be the governing law, without regard to possible contacts in other jurisdictions.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“personal property ... within the jurisdiction of this state.”
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.