Hughes v. Box’s Empirical Analysis
814 F.2d 498 · 1987
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 26 later decisions — most recently February 1998 · most notably Finley v. Empiregas, Inc. of Potosi (1992), 159 Ill. App. 3d 237 - Buechin v. Ogden Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc. (1987)
16 federal appellate · 1 district · 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. § 1981
Relies on Palmer v. Hoffman · Mobil Alaska Pipeline Co. v. United States · Hollins v. Powell · Ryan v. Edwards · Ogilvie v. Fotomat 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““(a) All titles issued by the Secretary of State after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1980 shall provide for an odometer certification substantially as follows: T certify to the best of my knowledge that the odometer reading is and reflects the actual mileage of the vehicle unless one of the following statements is checked.’ * * * (b) When executing any transfer of title which contains the odometer certification as described in paragraph (a) above, each transferor of a motor vehicle must supply on the title form the following information: (1) The odometer reading at the time of transfer; (2) The date of transfer; and (3) The transferor’s name and current address. (c) When the transferor signs the title transfer such transferor acknowledges that he or she is aware that Federal regulations and State law require him or her to state the odometer mileage upon transfer of ownership. An inaccurate or untruthful statement with intent to defraud subjects the transferor to liability for damages to the transferee pursuant to the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act of 1972 ***. A State cause of action is hereby created by which any person who, with intent to defraud, violates any requirement imposed under this section shall be liable in an amount equal to the sum of: (1) three times the amount of actual damages sustained or $1,500, whichever is the greater, and (2) in the case of any successful action to enforce the foregoing liability, the costs of the action to”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The basis of a party's objection should not be first learned on appeal or during a party's post-trial motion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“to bring into focus the precise nature of the alleged error,”
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.