Softkey, Inc. v. Useful Software, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Royal Indemnity Co. v. Blakely · Plymouth-Carver Regional School District v. J. Farmer & Co. · City of Lawrence v. Falzarano · 29 Mass. App. Ct. 180 - Winthrop Corp. v. Lowenthal · 26 Mass. App. Ct. 132 - Grobet File Co. of America v. RTC Systems, Inc.
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“With respect to awarding damages, so long as the arbitrator 'do[es] not overstep the limits of the issues submitted to [him], a court may not substitute its judgment on the matter.'”
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.