Richardson v. Shaw’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 state decisions

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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““If the defendant [owner] had insisted on the completion of the building as contracted for, notwithstanding its destructive prostration, he might have had his remedy upon the [contractor’s] refusal to rebuild. But, instead of that, the parties abandoned the contract by mutual consent. So that nothing is left for inquiry but the measure of compensation, if any, which [contractor] may claim for the work and materials done and furnished.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. M. F. A. Mutual Insurance Co. v. Gulf Insurance Co.

2. “If the contract price of the building is to be paid by installments on the completion of certain specified portions of the work, each installment becomes a debt due to the builder, as the particular portion specified is completed; and, if the house is destroyed by accident, the employer would be bound to pay the installments then due, but would not be responsible for the intermediate work and labor and materials.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Moon v. Wilson