Brown v. Moore’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district · 6 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on United States v. Winstar Corp. · Beck v. Farmers Insurance Exchange · Berube v. Fashion Centre, Ltd. · St. Benedict's Development Co. v. St. Benedict's Hospital · Brehany v. Nordstrom, Inc.
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“intentionally or purposely do anything [that] will destroy or injure the other party's right to receive the fruits of the contract,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“In determining whether a party has breached the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, we are not limited to an examination of the express contractual provisions; we will also consider the course of dealings between the parties.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[We will not interpret the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing to make a better contract for the parties than they made for themselves.”
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.