Universal Computer Systems Inc 79-2400 v. Medical Services Assn of Pa 79-2401’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions

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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The test for determining whether an agent possesses apparent authority is whether `a man of ordinary prudence, diligence and discretion would have a right to believe and would actually believe that the agent possessed the authority he purported to exercise.'”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Browne v. Maxfield · In Re: Mushroom Transportation Company, Inc., Debtor. Jeoffrey Burtch Mushroom Transportation Co., Inc. Penn York Realty Company, Inc. Robbey Realty Inc. Trux Enterprises Teamsters Pension Trust Fund of Philadelphia Charles J. Schaffer, Jr. William J. Einhorn Raymond A. Huber Hubert C. Dietrich Robert J. Ewanco William D. Gross Thomas R. Johnston Joseph P. Santone William J. Dillner, Jr. James H. Hutchinson, Jr. John P. O'COnnOr Anthony R. Simones Freight Drivers & Helpers Local 557 Pension Fund Daniel L. Sandy v. Jonathan H. Ganz Pincus Verlin Hahn & Reich, P.C. Pincus Reich Hahn Dubroff & Ganz, P.C. Modell Pincus Hahn & Reich, P.C. Pincus Verlin Bluestein Hahn & Reich, P.C. Astor Weiss & Newman Rawle & Henderson Continental Bank Erwin L. Pincus Richard L. Hahn Pace Reich Jerome J. Verlin Andrew F. Napoli Ronald Bluestein Herman P. Weinberg David N. Bressler Allen B. Dubroff Jeoffrey Burtch, Trustee in Bankruptcy of Mushroom Transportation Company, Inc., Successor to Robbey Realty, Inc., Penn York Realty Company, Inc., and Trux Enterprises, Inc. And Successor to Michael Arnold, Former Trustee in Bankruptcy, Mushroom Transportation Company, Inc., Robbey Realty, Inc., Penn York Realty Company, Inc., and Trux Enterprises, Inc., the Teamsters Pension Trust Fund of Philadelphia and Vicinity, Charles J. Schaffer, Jr., in His Official Capacity as a Fiduciary, by His Successor in Office, William J. Einhorn, Raymond A. Huber, Herbert C. Dietrich, Robert J. Ewanco, William D. Gross, Thomas R. Johnston, Joseph P. Santone, William J. Dillner, Jr., James H. Hutchinson, Jr., John P. O'COnnOr and Anthony R. Simones, Trustees of the Western Pennsylvania, Teamsters and Employers Pension Fund or Their Successors, and Freight Drivers & Helpers Local 557 Pension Fund and Daniel L. Sandy, a Fiduciary, or His Successor and Any Other Named or Deemed Substituted (By Virtue of His Office) or Other Successor

2. “power to bind a principal which the principal has not actually granted but which he leads persons with whom his agent deals to believe that he has granted. Persons with whom the agent deals can reasonably believe that the agent has power to bind his principal if, for instance, the principal knowingly permits the agent to exercise such power or if the principal holds the agent out as possessing such power.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Paolino

3. “a promise must be of such a nature and made under such circumstances that the promisor should reasonably anticipate that it will induce action or forbearance of a definite and substantial character on the part of the promisee. Further, the promise must actually induce such action or forbearance and the circumstances must be such that injustice can only be avoided by enforcement of the promise.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 748 F. Supp. 1136 - Kinnally v. Bell of Pennsylvania