Tomson v. Stephan’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
September 1996
most recently cited
5 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. · Time, Inc. v. Hill
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“One who intentionally and improperly interferes with the performance of a contract (except a contract to marry) between another and a third person by inducing or otherwise causing the third person not to perform the contract, is subject to liability to the other for the pecuniary loss resulting to the other from the failure of the third person to perform the contract.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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