Williams v. Guzzardi’s Empirical Analysis
875 F.2d 46 · 1989
Citation profile
45 federal appellate · 2 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 128 later decisions — most recently May 2023 · most notably Tabron v. Grace (1993), Charles Jones v. School District of Philadelphia United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (1999)
45 federal appellate · 2 district · 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 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866) · 42 U.S.C. § 3612 (§ 812 of the Fair Housing Act (Title VIII, Civil Rights Act of 1968))
Relies on Foman v. Davis · Johnson v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad · Sinn v. Burd · Stickel v. Ohio Casualty Co. · Kazatsky v. King David Memorial Park, 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 128 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) One who by extreme and outrageous conduct intentionally or recklessly causes severe emotional distress to another is subject to liability for such emotional distress, and if bodily harm to the other results from it, for such bodily harm.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“'there is a connection between the specified and unspecified order, the intention to appeal the unspecified order is apparent and the opposing party is not prejudiced and has a full opportunity to brief the issues.'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[I]f ... it appears that the appeal was intended to have been taken from an unspecified judgment order or part thereof, the notice may be construed as bringing up the unspecified order for review.”
4 later decisions 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.