Williams v. Agency, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
2014
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
January 2019
most recently cited
Relationships
Relies on Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · Conley v. Gibson · Hishon v. King & Spalding · Christopher Former Secretary of State et al. v. Harbury · Edwards v. City of Goldsboro
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he plaintiff must show that 1) the wrongdoer's conduct was intentional or reckless; 2) the conduct was outrageous or intolerable; 3) there was a causal connection between the wrongdoer's conduct and the resulting emotional distress; and 4) the resulting emotional distress was severe.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Marsh v. Curran“surreptitious videotaping of Plaintiffs engaged in an intimate affair in the sanctity of [one of their] private residence[s] amounts to outrageous conduct that is 'utterly intolerable in a civilized community'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Marsh v. Curran“inflict[s] emotional distress recklessly if he takes an action without regard to the risk of causing emotional distress to a victim when he knew or could have been expected to know of the risk.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Marsh v. Curran
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.