Franks v. Associated Air Center, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
663 F.2d 583 · 1981
Citation profile
24 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 44 later decisions — most recently August 2017 · most notably Burger King Corp. v. Mason (1983), Brooks, Tarlton, Gilbert, Douglas & Kressler v. United States Fire Insurance (1987)
24 federal appellate · 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 The Boeing Company v. Daniel C. Shipman · Padilla-Martinez v. United States · Standard Oil Company v. Edward Anderson · Gerry v. United States · Brower v. United States
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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The fact that an employer gives general instructions and directions to the employee of another is not sufficient to make the latter a borrowed servant.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Council for Periodical Distributors Associations International Periodical Distributors Association, Inc. Martin E. McCaffery Penthouse International, Ltd. Playboy Enterprises, Inc. And Newlook International, Ltd. v. James H. Evans, District Attorney, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit of Alabama, Individually and in His Official Capacity, John Wilson, Chief of Police of the City of Montgomery, Individually and in His Official Capacity Thomas O. Kotouc, Individually and in His Official Capacity and City of Montgomery, Council for Periodical Distributors Association v. James H. Evans, District Attorney, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit of Alabama, Individually and in His Official Capacity John Wilson, Chief of Police of the City of Montgomery, Individually and in His Official Capacity Thomas O. Kotouc, Individually and in His Official Capacity and City of Montgomery · Council for Periodical Distributors Ass'n v. Evans““ ‘Unconscionable action or course of action’ means an act or practice which, to a person’s detriment: (B) results in a gross disparity between the value received and consideration paid, in a transaction involving transfer of consideration.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Miller v. Soliz““There is very little law in Texas construing unconscionability as so defined [gross disparity], but one case may prove instructive.” Franks v. Associated Air Center, Inc., 663 F.2d 583, 592 (5th Cir.1981).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Miller v. Soliz
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.