Clarion Corp. v. American Home Products Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
494 F.2d 860 · 1974
Citation profile
20 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 29 later decisions — most recently March 2013 · most notably Coleman v. Commissioner (1986), Van Bronkhorst v. Safeco Corp. (1976)
20 federal appellate · 1 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
Relies on Estin v. Estin · Williams v. First National Bank · Cummins Diesel Michigan, Inc. v. The Falcon · National Labor Relations Board v. Wesson · Fluoro Electric Corp. v. Branford Associates
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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“has caused a shameful waste of judicial manpower.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“One who relies upon fraud, misrepresentation or concealment [to set aside a settlement agreement] must sufficiently allege facts and prove it. The allegations and proof must be clear and convincing and must show (1) a representation, (2) its falsity, (3) its materiality, (4) the speaker’s knowledge of the falsity or ignorance of its truth, (5) his intent that it should be acted on by the person and in the manner reasonably contemplated, (6) the hearer’s ignorance of its falsity, (7) his reliance on its truth, and (8) his right to rely thereon.”
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.