Cook v. Downing’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
2
states following
December 2013
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 53 N.C. App. 290 - Preston v. Thompson · Benham v. Keller · United Engines, Inc. v. McConnell Construction, Inc. · Thompson v. Inman · Goodlett v. Williamston
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Where the seller at the time of contracting has reason to know any particular purpose for which the goods are required and that the buyer is relying on the seller's skill or judgment to select or furnish suitable goods, there is unless excluded or modified under the next section (§ 36-2-316) an implied warranty that the goods shall be fit for such purpose.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“'Goods' means all things (including specially manufactured goods) which are movable at the time of identification to the contract for sale. . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.