Williams v. Baker’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 3 district · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Palsgraf v. Long Island R.R. Co. · Dillon v. Legg · M. A. P. v. Ryan · Niederman v. Brodsky · 59 Cal. 2d 295 - Amaya v. Home Ice, Fuel & Supply Co.
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he District of Columbia was by no means the only jurisdiction to restrict the scope of claims for mental disorders not caused by physical injury resulting from the negligent conduct of another,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“'nervous troubles were attributable to the [physical] injuries sustained.'”
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.