Quadrangle Development Corp. v. Otis Elevator Co.’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 5 district · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Mas v. Two Bridges Associates · Jones v. Otis Elevator Co. · R. & G. Orthopedic Appliances & Prosthetics, Inc. v. Curtin · East Penn Manufacturing Co. v. Pineda · EARLY SETTLERS INSURANCE COMPANY v. Schweid
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.
“'the obligation must arise out of a specific duty of defined nature-separate from the injury to the [plaintiff]-owed to the third party ....,' and there must also be a special legal relationship between the tortfeasors.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“`based on variations in the relative degrees of fault of joint tortfeasors ... not in pari delicto.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Where there is no express contract provision, an obligation to indemnify may be implied in fact on an implied contract theory or implied in law in order to achieve equitable results.”
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.