Miller v. Christopher’s Empirical Analysis
887 F.2d 902 · 1989
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 32 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2003 · most notably McDermott, Inc. v. AmClyde (1994), In re Oil Spill by the Amoco Cadiz off the Coast of France on March 16, 1978 (1992)
16 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 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. § 2674
Relies on Remmer v. United States · Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. Hawn · United Families of America v. Kendrick · United States v. Reliable Transfer Co. · Andrijevic v. Kelleran
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) allowing an action for contribution against a settling tortfeasor by any other tortfeasor who has paid more than his equitable share of the plaintiffs claim; (2) imposing a bar to contribution claims against a settling tortfeasor, perhaps in conjunction with a requirement that the settlement be in “good faith”; and (3) reducing the claim of the plaintiff by the pro rata share of a settling tortfeasor’s liability for damages, which has the effect of eliminating any reason to sue a settling tortfeasor for contribution.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“contribution upon a finding of good faith settlement, in effect following the [contribution bar] approach, but not necessarily precluding the [proportional fault] approach”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“We sympathize with the district court's difficulties in finding guidance from controlling authority on the settlement bar issue. There is none.”
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.