Williams v. White Mountain Construction Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 6 district · 33 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 46 later decisions — most recently November 2023 · most notably Dietz v. General Electric Co. (1991), Resolution Trust Corp. v. Heiserman (1995)
4 federal appellate · 6 district · 33 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 Fuentes v. Shevin · San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez · Goss v. Lopez · Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · Halcyon Lines v. Haenn Ship Ceiling & Refitting Corp.
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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'indemnity contracts holding indemnitees harmless for their own negligent acts must contain clear and unequivocal language to that effect'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“Tortfeasors sued by injured [plaintiffs] are now able to present evidence of employer liability at trial so as to reduce whatever damages may be assessed against them to a level proportionate to their liability. The problem of one tort-feasor bearing disproportionate liability has now been eliminated without requiring contribution ...”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“In the face of statutory silence, questions of interpretation are governed by legislative intent.”
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.