Dover v. Stanley’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Flarsheim v. Twenty Five Thirty Two Broadway Corp. · Stier v. Park Pontiac, Inc. · Allstate Insurance Co. v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. · Fallert Tool & Engineering Co. v. McClain · 409 F. Supp. 65 - Mataya v. Behm Motors, Inc.
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The court may, in its discretion, award punitive damages and may award to the prevailing party attorney’s fees, based on the amount of time reasonably expended, and may provide such equitable relief as it deems necessary or proper.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.