Richard's Lumber & Supply Co. v. United States Gypsum Co.’s Empirical Analysis
545 F.2d 18 · 1976
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 19 later decisions — most recently May 2016
6 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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 Hansberry v. Lee · Three Rivers Motors Co. v. Ford Motor Co. · In Re Gypsum Cases · Fabert Motors, Inc. v. Ford Motor 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A general release, or a broad covenant not to sue, is not ordinarily contrary to public policy simply because it involves antitrust claims. Thus, in the absence of proof that it was the product of duress, such a release is fully enforceable. Fabert Motors, Inc. v. Ford Motor Co., 355 F.2d 888 (7th Cir.1966); Three Rivers Motors Co. v. Ford Motor Co., 522 F.2d 885 (3rd Cir.1975).”
2 later decisions 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.