Wood v. General Motors Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
865 F.2d 395 · 1988
Citation profile
31 federal appellate · 13 district · 37 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 111 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2017 · most notably Geier v. American Honda Motor Co. (2000), King v. Collagen Corp. (1993)
31 federal appellate · 13 district · 37 state decisions — followed in 20 states
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. § 1333 (Robinson-Patman Act of 1936) · 15 U.S.C. § 1381 (Sherman Antitrust Act) · 15 U.S.C. § 1391 (Sherman Antitrust Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 1292 · 33 U.S.C. § 1365 · 42 U.S.C. § 2000H · 42 U.S.C. § 2210 (Radiation Exposure Compensation Act) · 49 U.S.C. § 105
Relies on Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association of United States Inc v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company Consumer Alert · Blum v. Stenson · Shaw v. Delta Air Lines, Inc. · San Diego Building Trades Council v. Garmon · Hines v. Davidowitz
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 111 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Whenever a Federal motor vehicle safety standard established under this subchapter is in effect, no State or political subdivision of a State shall have any authority either to establish, or to continue in effect, with respect to any motor vehicle or item of motor vehicle equipment[,] any safety standard applicable to the same aspect of performance of such vehicle or item of equipment which is not identical to the Federal standard.”
12 later decisions quote this exact passage“Compliance with any Federal motor vehicle safety standard issued under this subchapter does not exempt any person from any liability under common law.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage“[Regulation can be as effectively exerted through an award of damages as through some form of preventive relief. The obligation to pay compensation can be, indeed is designed to be, a potent method of governing conduct and controlling policy.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.