Fowler v. Hilliard’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005) · 28 U.S.C. § 292
Relies on Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Armstrong · Royal Business Machines, Inc. v. Lorraine Corp. · Sachs v. Blewett · Canada Dry Corporation v. Nehi Beverage Company, Inc. Of Indianapolis · Barker v. Cole
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“actionable fraud cannot be predicated upon a promise to do a thing in the future, although there may be no intention of fulfilling the promise.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the only 'underlying claim' for fraud ... was for punitive damages.”
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.