Arceneaux v. Texaco, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
623 F.2d 924 · 1980
Citation profile
23 federal appellate · 2 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 44 later decisions — most recently November 2014 · most notably 110 Wis. 2d 581 - D.L. Ex Rel. Friederichs v. Huebner (1983), Somer v. Johnson (1983)
23 federal appellate · 2 district · 3 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 Erie Co v. Tompkins · Rozier v. Ford Motor Co. · 292 So. 2d 216 - LeBrane v. Lewis · Blanchard v. Ogima · 365 So. 2d 471 - LeJeune v. Allstate Ins. 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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[w]hen, after an event, measures are taken which, if taken previously, would have made the event less likely to occur.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“§ 267. Reliance upon Care or Skill of Apparent Servant or Other Agent One who represents that another is his servant or other agent and thereby causes a third person justifiably to rely upon the care or skill of such apparent agent is subject to liability to the third person for harm caused by the lack of care or skill of the one appearing to be a servant or other agent as if he were such.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Louisiana courts have drawn freely from the common law and the Restatements of the law in developing both tort and agency doctrine.”
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.