Thornhill v. Donnkenny, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
823 F.2d 782 · 1987
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 22 later decisions — most recently February 2025
6 federal appellate · 4 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 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005)
Relies on Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co. · Allied Chemical Corporation v. Daiflon Inc · Marathon Oil Co. v. United States · Kamlar Corp. v. Haley · Supply Company Inc v. Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Virginia conflicts of law rules generally honor contractual choice of law provisions.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“so overwhelming that [the court] cannot uphold the jury's rejection of that defense.”
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.