Marvin Dudley v. Gilbert P. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
504 F.2d 979 · 1975
Citation profile
37 federal appellate · 3 district · 13 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 92 later decisions — most recently July 2015 · most notably Aerojet-General Corp. v. Askew (1975), Wm. Passalacqua Builders, Inc. v. Resnick Developers South, Inc. (1991)
37 federal appellate · 3 district · 13 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 Hanson v. Denckla · Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc. · Baltimore Co v. Phillips · United States v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · Benjamin v. Western Boat Building 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 92 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The effect of applying the alter ego doctrine ... is that the corporation and the person who dominates it are treated as one person, so that any act committed by one is attributed to both, and if either is bound, by contract, judgment or otherwise, both are equally bound....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Three of the plaintiffs in Aetna were insurers proceeding as partial subrogees and, as to them, the Court stated that the joinder of their respective insureds could be compelled under Rule 19(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure as the rule then existed. Rule 19(a) as amended in 1966 provides for joinder where there is a substantial risk of the defendant being subjected to a multiplicity of suits. See Rule 19(a)(2)(H), F.R.Civ.P. The facts of Aetna as to the partial subrogee plaintiffs fit well into this portion of the amended rule. [Footnotes omitted],”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“(C)orporate formalities were seldom adhered to”
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.