Quinn v. Walsh’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 federal appellate · 20 district · 24 state decisions

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 51 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “enticement, criminal conversation, and alienation of affections;”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. BEASON v. I. E. MILLER SERVICES, INC. · BEASON v. I. E. MILLER SERVICES, INC.

2. “(1) that the defendant intended to inflict emotional distress, or knew or should have known that emotional distress was the likely result of his conduct, ... (2) that the defendant's conduct was extreme and outrageous, beyond all possible bounds of decency, and utterly intolerable in a civilized community, (3) [that] the actions of the defendant were the cause of the plaintiff's distress, and (4) [that] the emotional distress suffered by the plaintiff was severe and of such a nature that no reasonable person could be expected to endure it.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 92 Mass. App. Ct. 731 - Shea v. Cameron

3. “mere 'emotional responses including anger, sadness, anxiety, and distress' ... are 'often not legally compensable'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sindi v. El-Moslimany