Dollar Systems, Inc. v. Avcar Leasing Systems, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
890 F.2d 165 · 1989
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 6 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 69 later decisions — most recently January 2025 · most notably Danjaq Llc Delaware Limited Liability Company v. Sony Corporation (2001), Performance Unlimited, Inc. v. Questar Publishers, Inc. (1995)
17 federal appellate · 6 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
Relies on Alyeska Pipeline Service Company v. Wilderness Society · Beacon Theaters Inc v. C Westover · Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Thurston · Dairy Queen, Inc. v. Wood · Hall v. Cole
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 69 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A] court may assess attorneys' fees when the losing party has acted in bad faith, vexatiously, wantonly, or for oppressive reasons.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“did not infringe DSI’s seventh amendment rights... when it resolved Avcar’s claims for rescission prior to DSI’s breach of contract claim.” 890 F.2d at 171. However, that conclusion was premised on the court’s determination that”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“bars relief to a plaintiff who has violated conscience, good faith or other equitable principles in his prior conduct, as well as to a plaintiff who has dirtied his hands in acquiring the right presently asserted.”
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.