Decker v. Tramiel’s Empirical Analysis
617 F.3d 1102 · 2010
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 13 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 65 later decisions — most recently September 2024 · most notably Motor Vehicle Casualty Co. v. Thorpe Insulation Co. (2012), Continental Insurance v. Thorpe Insulation Co. (2012)
10 federal appellate · 13 district · 2 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 11 U.S.C. § 110 · 11 U.S.C. § 511 (§ 704 of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005) · 11 U.S.C. § 544 · 11 U.S.C. § 548 · 11 U.S.C. § 550 · 28 U.S.C. § 158
Relies on Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · 20 Cal. 3d 578 - American Motorcycle Assn. v. Superior Court · Moore v. Bay Estate of Sassard & Kimball · Agricultural Research and Technology Group Inc Hayes v. Palm Seedlings Partners · 47 Cal. 4th 1327 - Goodman v. Lozano
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 65 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“is left with the definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been committed[.]”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Where a release, dismissal with or without prejudice, or a covenant not to sue or not to enforce judgment is given in good faith before verdict or judgment to one or more of a number of tortfeasors claimed to be liable for the same tort, or to one or more other co-obligors mutually subject to contribution rights, it shall have the following effect: ' (a) It shall not discharge any other such party from liability unless its terms so provide, but it shall reduce the claims against the others in the amount stipulated by the release, the dismissal or the covenant, or in the amount of the consideration paid for it, whichever is the greater....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“depends upon whether they caused 'one indivisible injury' or 'the same wrong.' [Citations.] The 'same wrong' may emanate from two successive independent torts and does not require unity of purpose, action, or intent by the two or more tortfeasors. [Citations.] Also, the plaintiff need not allege the same tort against the tortfeasors .... [Citation.]”
1 later decision 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.