Apache Corp. v. Moore’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on BMW of North America, Inc. v. Gore · Pacific Mutual Life Insurance v. Haslip · TXO Production Corp. v. Alliance Resources Corp. · Mississippi v. Turner · Fort Worth Elevators Co. v. Russell
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) the nature of the wrong; (2) the character of the defendant’s conduct; (3) the degree of the defendant’s culpability; (4) the situation and sensibilities of the parties; (5) the extent to which the conduct offends the public sense of justice and propriety; and (6) the net worth of the defendant.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the ratio that will pass constitutional muster will depend upon the facts in each case”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.