Solomon v. Walgreen Co.’s Empirical Analysis
975 F.2d 1086 · 1992
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 30 later decisions — most recently July 2014 · most notably Batts v. Tow-Motor Forklift Co. (1995), Demahy v. Schwarz Pharma, Inc. (2012)
7 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 46
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · Erie Co v. Tompkins · Waltman v. International Paper Co. · Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp.
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“1) a promise; 2) that the promise induced action of a definite and substantial character on the part of the promisee; and 3) that the promisor reasonably should have expected the promisee’s action.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“1) that she has changed her position in reliance upon the conduct of another; and 2) that she has suffered detriment caused by this change in position in reliance upon that conduct.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the termination of existing employment in reliance on an oral contract of employment, even for better pay, is only a necessary incident of being in the labor market....”
1 later decision 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.