Baas v. Hoye H’s Empirical Analysis
766 F.2d 1190 · 1985
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 8 later decisions — most recently October 2002
4 federal appellate · 1 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
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 1473 (Sherman Antitrust Act) · 15 U.S.C. § 2072
Relies on United States v. Turkette · Russello v. United States · Richards v. United States · American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Inc. v. Hydrolevel Corp. · Local 20, Teamsters, Chauffeurs & Helpers Union v. Morton
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Any person who shall sustain injury by reason of any knowing (including willful) violation of a consumer product safety rule, or any other rule or order issued by the Commission may sue any person who knowingly (including willfully) violated any such rule or order in any district court of the United States in the district in which the defendant resides or is found or has an agent, shall recover damages sustained, and may, if the court determines it to be in the interest of justice, recover the costs of suit, including reasonable attorneys’ fees....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““In our view, the federal statute limits recovery to compensatory damages, but because Congress did not specify the breadth and scope of compensatory damages available, one must look to the applicable state law for guidance. We find this view consistent with the statement in the legislative history that ‘[t]he committee anticipates * * * that the courts will in general apply State law as to questions of which types of damages may be recovered.’ ””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.