Floyd v. Dodson’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Breeden v. League Services Corp. · Munley v. ISC Financial House, Inc. · Williams v. Lee Way Motor Freight, Inc. · Sopkin v. Premier Pontiac, Inc. · Bennett v. City National Bank and Trust Company
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“1. Defendant intentionally injured the plaintiff, or realized plaintiff was likely to suffer the injuries complained of, or acted with willful disregard of injuries plaintiff might suffer; 2. Defendant’s actions were extreme and outrageous taking into consideration the atmosphere and circumstances in which such actions occurred; and 3. Plaintiff suffered severe emotional distress as a direct result of defendant’s conduct. Injuries to the nervous system and mental pain are physical injuries which also qualify as severe emotional distress.”
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.