Malarkey v. Texaco, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
October 2008
most recently cited
1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Hensley v. Eckerhart · Blanchard v. Bergeron · Houchins v. KQED, Inc. · Markham Et Al. v. Geller · Moore v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“where one’s conduct has prevented a precise computation of damages, the injured party is not to be deprived of adequate damages. The trier of the fact may draw reasonable inferences from relevant facts, and all doubts are to be resolved in favor of the injured party; the wrongdoer does not become the beneficiary of his own wrongful conduct.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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