Ward v. Midcom, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
December 2001
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Alverson v. Northwestern National Casualty Co. · Poppen v. Walker · Maynard v. Heeren · Cladding Technology, Inc. v. State ex rel. Clayburgh · Igoe v. Atlas Ready-Mix, Inc.
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“One who sells the good will of a business may agree with the buyer to refrain from carrying on a similar business within a specified county, city, or part thereof, so long as the buyer or person deriving title to the good will from him carries on a like business therein.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[t]he provisions of such contracts should be construed in the light of the surrounding circumstances, and... the intent of the parties should be carried out, if such intent is one which the law sanctions.”
1 later decision 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.