Shea v. Matassa’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
2
states following
June 2018
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Kelly v. Gwinnell · Hart v. Ivey · Brigance v. Velvet Dove Restaurant, Inc. · McGuiggan v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. · Johnston v. KFC National Management Co.
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[W]e decline to create a new cause of action. We defer, as we should, to the General Assembly, which is uniquely situated to effectively examine the empirical data, hold public hearings, debate the social and economic issues implicated, and then decide whether Delaware should recognize dram shop liability.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[T]he parties raise controversial and competing public policy questions which the General Assembly can more effectively debate, consider and resolve through the legislative process.”); Moss Rehab, v. White, 692 A.2d 902, 909 (1997) (”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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