Covington v. Aban Offshore Ltd.’s Empirical Analysis
650 F.3d 556 · 2011
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 9 U.S.C. § 4
Relies on First Options of Chicago, Inc. v. Kaplan · Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Waffle House, Inc. · Bridas S.A.P.I.C. v. Government of Turkmenistan · In Re Labatt Food Service, L.P. · Bel-Ray Company, Inc. v. Chemrite (Pty) Ltd.
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a signatory plaintiff cannot avoid its agreement to arbitrate disputes simply by bringing...claims against the nonsignatory officers, agents, or affiliates of the other signatory to the contract.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“In re Merrill Lynch Trust Co. FSB , 235 S.W.3d 185 , 188-90 (Tex. 2007). However, the Texas Supreme Court has stated that”
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.