Gallagher v. Lambert’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 21 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 67 later decisions — most recently October 2020 · most notably UniGroup, Inc. v. O'Rourke Storage & Transfer Co. (1992), 16 Cal. 4th 1167 - Stephenson v. Drever (1997)
8 federal appellate · 21 state decisions
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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 67 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The buy-back price formula was designed for the benefit of both parties precisely so that they could know their respective rights on certain dates and avoid costly and lengthy litigation on the “fair value” issue. (See, Coleman v. Taub, 638 F.2d 628, 637 ). Permitting these causes to survive would open the door to litigation on both the value of the stock and the date of termination, and hinder the employer from fulfilling its contractual rights under the agreement. This would frustrate the agreement and would be disruptive of the settled principles governing like agreements whereby parties contract between themselves in advance so that there may be reliance, predictability and definitiveness between themselves on such matters. There being no dispute that the employer had the unfettered discretion to fire plaintiff at any time, we should not redefine the precise measuring device and scope of the agree ment. Defendant agreed to abide by these terms and thus fulfilled its fiduciary duty in that respect.”
3 later decisions 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.