O'Neil v. Simplicity, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
574 F.3d 501 · 2009
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 10 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 51 later decisions — most recently June 2025 · most notably Cox v. Zurn Pex, Inc. (2011), Illig v. Union Electric Co. (2011)
17 federal appellate · 10 district · 1 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 15 U.S.C. § 2301 (Magnuson-Moss Warranty—Federal Trade Commission Improvement Act)
Relies on Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · Ashcroft v. Iqbal · In re Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc. · Rivera v. Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories · Hapka v. Paquin Farms
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 51 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he problem with this argument is that, because the O'Neils' crib has not exhibited the alleged defect, they have necessarily received the benefit of their bargain. The O'Neils purchased a crib with a functioning drop-side and that crib continues to have a functioning drop-side.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he [plaintiffs' product] performs just as it was intended, and thus there is no injury and no basis for relief”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a product performs satisfactorily and never exhibits an alleged defect, no cause of action lies.”
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.