Levee v. Beeching’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 29 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine · Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins · Winkler v. V.G. Reed & Sons, Inc. · Rambo v. Cohen
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 52 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) the existence of a valid relationship; (2) the defendant's knowledge of the existence of the relationship; (8) the defendant's intentional interference with that relationship; (4) the absence of justification; and (5) damages resulting from defendant's wrongful interference with the relationship.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“Comment, b to § 766 provides that “there is a general duty not to interfere intentionally with another’s reasonable business expectancies of trade with third persons.” (Emphasis added). Comment. a to § 766A indicates that liability will attach where one intentionally interferes with a plaintiffs performance of his own contract, “either by preventing that performance or making it more expensive or burdensome.” (Emphasis added). Thus, where a third party’s conduct substantially and materially impairs the execution of an employment contract, frustrating an employee’s expectations under her contract and making performance of her contractual duties more burdensome, the inducement of breach element of a claim for tortious interference with a contractual relationship is satisfied.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“so obviously and naturally harmful that proof of their injurious character can be dispensed with.”
2 later decisions 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.