Ledee v. Ragno’s Empirical Analysis
684 F.2d 184 · 1982
Citation profile
29 federal appellate · 13 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 83 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2023 · most notably Mitsubishi Motors Corporation v. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth Inc Soler Chrysler-Plymouth Inc (1985), Intergen N.V. v. Grina (2003)
29 federal appellate · 13 district · 7 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.
Appellate journey
Relationships
Relies on Scherk v. Alberto-Culver Co. · Parsons & Whittemore Overseas Co. v. Societe Generale de L'Industrie du Papier (RAKTA) · McCreary Tire & Rubber Co. v. Ceat S.p.A. · County of Middlesex v. Gevyn Construction Corp.
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 83 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) Is there an agreement in writing to arbitrate the subject of the dispute? (2) Does the agreement provide for arbitration in the territory of the signatory of the Convention? (3) Does the agreement arise out of a legal relationship whether contractual or not, which is considered as commercial? (4) Is a party to the agreement not an American citizen, or does the commercial relationship have some reasonable relation with one or more foreign states?”
14 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“null and void, inoperative or incapable of being performed,”
11 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“clause is interpreted. Indeed, by acceding to and implementing the treaty, the federal government has insisted that not even the parochial interests of the nation may be the measure of interpretation. Rather, the clause must be interpreted to encompass only those situations - such as fraud, mistake, duress, and waiver - that can be applied neutrally on an international scale. 37 Ledee, 684 F.2d at 187 (rejecting provision in Puerto Rico Dealers Act that invalidated, on public policy grounds, arbitration clauses in dealers' contracts, and stating,”
7 later decisions 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.