Maxwell v. Gallagher’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 3 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 17 later decisions — most recently July 2019
4 federal appellate · 3 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.
Relationships
Relies on BMW of North America, Inc. v. Gore · Edmund J. Flynn Co. v. LaVay · Vassiliades v. Garfinckel's, Brooks Bros. · Wardman-Justice Motors, Inc. v. Petrie · Sidney J. Brown v. James R. Coates, Marion E. Coates, and Margaret E. Brown
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] plaintiff must prove a basis for actual damages to justify the imposition of punitive damages.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage““Throughout the events which are the subject of this action, Mr. Maxwell was the primary actor; however, his acts are imputed to the law firm and the remaining partner, Mr. Bear. The evidence of record further demonstrates that Mr. Bear had knowledge of the activities of Mr. Maxwell, and even on one (1) occasion questioned the presence and participation of the firm in the stock distribution discussions; however, he neither withdrew from the fracas nor required that the firm adhere to the mandatory require ments of the Code of Professional Responsibility as discussed herein.””
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.