Thompson v. Refining Corporation’s Empirical Analysis
660 F.2d 1380 · 1981
Citation profile
56 federal appellate · 10 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 96 later decisions — most recently March 2009 · most notably Moody v. Amoco Oil Co. (1984), Furr v. AT & T Technologies, Inc. (1987)
56 federal appellate · 10 district · 4 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 Dairy Queen, Inc. v. Wood · Curtis v. Loether · Ross v. Bernhard · Penn v. San Juan Hospital, Inc. · Hoffman v. Celebrezze
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 96 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“When the cause and existence of damages have been established with the requisite certainty, recovery will not be denied because the amount of such damage is difficult of ascertainment. A reasonable basis for computation and the best evidence available under the circumstances is sufficient.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“(1) shall be in writing; (2) shall be posted by certified mail or personally delivered to the franchisee; and (3) shall contain— (A) a statement of intention to terminate the franchise or not to renew the franchise relationship, together with the reasons therefore; (B) the date on which such termination or nonrenewal takes effect; and (C) the summary statement prepared under subsection (d) of this section.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“there exists sufficiently serious questions going to the merits to make such questions a fair ground for litigation,”
2 later decisions 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.