Lacy v. Carrier Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
March 2003
most recently cited
Relationships
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · 19 Cal. 3d 22 - Ray v. Alad Corp. · Ramirez v. Amsted Industries, Inc. · 290 Pa. Super. 15 - Dawejko v. Jorgensen Steel 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Where one corporation acquires all or substantially all the manufacturing assets of another corporation, even if exclusively for cash, and undertakes essentially the same manufacturing operation as the selling corporation, the purchasing corporation is strictly liable for injuries caused by defects in units of the same product line, even if previously manufactured and distributed by the selling corporation or its predecessor.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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