29 Ucc rep.serv.2d 496, prod.liab.rep. (Cch) P 14,656 Mrs. Samuel E. Allgood, Individually and as Independent of the Estate of Samuel E. Allgood, Marcus Allgood, and Malcolm Allgood v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, the American Tobacco Company, the Tobacco Institute, Inc., and the Council for Tobacco research-u.s.a., Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
47
cited by 47 later decisions
5
states following
October 2009
most recently cited
15 district · 5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Cipollone v. Liggett Group, Inc. · United States v. Zolin · Haines v. Liggett Group Inc. · Nelson v. Krusen · Russell v. Ingersoll-Rand 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 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Like the dangers of alcohol consumption, the dangers of cigarette smoking have long been known to the community.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Even where a party has promoted a product, and made promises regarding that product, if the party is not the actual seller a claim for breach of warranty will not lie.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.