Whitaker v. Becker’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
17 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on National Hockey League v. Metropolitan Hockey Club, Inc. · United States v. Procter & Gamble Co. · McCullough v. Archbold Ladder Co. · Chustak v. Northern Indiana Public Service Co. · Outback Steakhouse of Florida, Inc. v. Markley
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'not merely to penalize those whose conduct may be deemed to warrant such a sanction, but to deter those who might be tempted to such conduct in the absence of such a deterrent.!”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Although concealment and gamesmanship were [once] accepted as part and parcel of the adversarial process, we have unanimously declared that such tactics no longer have any place in our system of justice.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'make a trial less a game of blindman's bluff and more a fair contest with the basic issues and facts disclosed to the fullest practicable extent.'”
2 later decisions 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.