Fergus v. Ross’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
June 2019
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Eli Lilly & Co. v. Medtronic, Inc. · Robertson v. Gaston Snow & Ely Bartlett · DeVaux v. American Home Assurance Co. · Theos & Sons, Inc. v. Mack Trucks, Inc. · Kidder v. Greenman
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Apparent authority exists when the principal, by his or her words or conduct, causes a third person to reasonably believe that the principal consents to the agent acting on the principal's behalf”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[t]he principal's manifestation of apparent authority does not need to be direct communication with the third party.”
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.