Simplot v. Chevron Pipeline Co.’s Empirical Analysis
563 F.3d 1102 · 2009
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 8 district · 5 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Dairy Queen, Inc. v. Wood · Ross v. Bernhard · Budinich v. Becton Dickinson & Co. · West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. v. Casey
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In determining whether a party has breached the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, we are not limited to an examination of the express contractual provisions; we will also consider the course of dealings between the parties.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a]t common law, attorney's fees were regarded as an element of 'costs' awarded to the prevailing party which are not generally treated as part of the merits judgment”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]hat the measure of damages happens to be attorneys' fees does not in and of itself change the nature of [the] claim”
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.