Fuller v. Guthrie’s Empirical Analysis
565 F.2d 259 · 1977
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 3 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 49 later decisions — most recently February 2012 · most notably Leadertex, Inc. v. Morganton Dyeing & Finishing Corp. (1995), McDonnell Douglas Finance Corporation Geico Cna v. Pennsylvania Power & Light Company (1988)
22 federal appellate · 3 district · 6 state decisions
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
Applies 9 U.S.C. § 3
Relies on Glidden Company v. Zdanok Et Al. · Atkinson v. Sinclair Refining Co. · Metro Industrial Painting Corp. v. Terminal Construction Co. · Parsons & Whittemore Overseas Co. v. Societe Generale de L'Industrie du Papier (RAKTA) · Interocean Shipping Co. v. National Shipping & Trading 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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“clear that 'federal policy alone cannot be enough to extend the application of an arbitration clause far beyond its intended scope.'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage““[I]t would stretch the meaning of ‘musical services’ beyond any reasonable definition to suggest that the slander claim falls within it. Although the agreement to arbitrate was undoubtedly intended to cover disputes arising from the character of Guthrie’s performance and his payment for it, it is highly unlikely that the parties could have foreseen, no less intended, to provide a forum for wholly unexpected tortious behavior.” 565 F.2d at 261 .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[AJbsent a clear explicit statement ... in a contract directing an arbitrator to hear and determine the validity of tort damage claims by one party against another, it must be assumed that the parties did not intend to withdraw such disputes from judicial authority.”
2 later decisions 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.