Ellmer v. Delaware Mini-Computer Systems, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on City of Houston v. Clear Creek Basin Authority · G-W-L, Inc. v. Robichaux · W. R. Weaver Co. v. Burroughs Corp. · Christopher v. Larson Ford Sales, Inc. · Toler v. Harbour
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a reasonable person against whom it is to operate.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage““Any waiver by a consumer of the provisions of this subchapter is contrary to public policy and is unenforceable and void_” [Emphasis added.]”
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.