International Distributing Corporation, a Maryland Corporation v. American District Telegraph Company, International Distributing Corporation, a Maryland Corporation v. American District Telegraph Company, a West Virginia Corporation v. George E. Hines, Walter T. Smith, Jr’s Empirical Analysis
569 F.2d 136 · 1977
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 23 district · 19 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 74 later decisions — most recently August 2018 · most notably A-G Foods, Inc. v. Pepperidge Farm, Inc. (1990), Environmental Defense Fund v. Marsh (1981)
17 federal appellate · 23 district · 19 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
Relies on Lyon v. Carey · Butler v. Clemmer · Meyers v. National Detective Agency, Inc. · International Distributing Corp. v. American District Telegraph 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 74 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`by a purpose to serve a principal, the principal is not liable.' [citations omitted]”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“It is clear that the thefts in this case were 'simply a personal adventure' which did not spring from any purpose to serve the employer.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hoston v. Silbert
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.