Bright v. QSP, INC.’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. · 157 W. Va. 93 - Wheeling Downs Racing Ass'n v. West Virginia Sportservice, Inc. · 112 W. Va. 332 - Martin v. Ewing · Quinn v. Beverages of W. Va., Inc.
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] contract for the sale of securities is not enforceable ... unless: (a) there is some writing signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought ... sufficient to indicate that a 1756 59 1 contract has been made....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. William T. Bright Ed King Dee Barwick Lowell Lawson Frank Jorgensen Bright of America, Incorporated, a West Virginia Corporation v. Qsp, Incorporated, William T. Bright Ed King Dee Barwick Lowell Lawson Frank Jorgensen Bright of America, Incorporated, a West Virginia Corporation v. Qsp, Incorporated · Bright
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.