Man v. Raymark Industries’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 13 later decisions — most recently April 2015
2 federal appellate · 1 district · 5 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 Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co. · Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. · Smith v. Wade · United States v. Halper · Browning-Ferris Industries of Vermont, Inc. v. Kelco Disposal, Inc.
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Such surviving or new corporation shall henceforth be responsible and liable for all the liabilities and obligations of each of the corporations so merged or consolidated; and any claim existing or action or proceeding pending by or against any of such corporations may be prosecuted as if such merger or consolidation had not taken place, or such surviving or new corporations may be substituted in its place. Neither the rights of creditors nor any liens upon the property of any such corporation shall be impaired by such merger or consolidation." (Emphasis added).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“"This court notes that courts in both Delaware and Florida, two states with an interest in applying their merger and contract laws over Celotex, have ruled that Celotex is liable for punitive damages. Celotex Corp. v. Pickett, 490 So.2d 35 (Fla.1986); Sheppard v. AC. & S. Co., 484 A.2d 521 (Del.Super.1984). As this court finds Hawaii law to be consistent, there is no need to determine which law “best serves the states and parties.' All law points to the imposition of punitive damage liability.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““ — there is an express or implied assumption of liability; “ — the transaction amounts to a consolidation or merger; “ — the transaction was fraudulent; “ — some of the elements of a purchase in good faith were lacking, as where the transfer was without consideration and the creditors of the transferor were not provided for; “ — the transferee corporation was a mere continuation or reincarnation of the old corporation.” (Footnotes omitted).”
1 later decision 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.