Duncan v. Peninger’s Empirical Analysis
624 F.2d 486 · 1980
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 634 · 28 U.S.C. § 1500 · 44 U.S.C. § 1507 · 44 U.S.C. § 307
Relies on Federal Crop Ins Corporation v. Merrill · County of Los Angeles v. Chavez-Salido · British American Tobacco Co. v. United States · Fisher v. Commissioner · Duncan v. Furrow Auction 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A person who purports to make a contract, conveyance or representation on behalf of a principal whom he has no power to bind thereby is not subject to liability ... if he sufficiently manifests that he does not warrant his authority and makes no tortious misrepresentation”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“chargeable with knowledge that [agent] had no authority”
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.