Leaman v. Rauschkolb’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “* * * that the vendor is not responsible for a commission in the event the sale is not consummated unless (1) it appears that he, the vendor, was at fault in that he refused to convey the title to the purchaser without cause or (2) unless he is unable to consummate it because his title, at the time he agreed to sell, was not marketable. * * *”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Doll v. Russo · Puckett v. Broussard

2. “* * * The broker, in such a case, in the absence of notice to the contrary, has the right to act upon the assumption that his principal has a marketable title. * * *”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Doll v. Russo · Cotter v. Figaro

3. “A real estate agent employed to sell property is entitled to a commission when he has secured a purchaser ready, able and willing to buy on vendor's terms, and has right to assume that his principal has marketable title, and when he finds an acceptable purchaser, his obligation has been fulfilled even though sale is never consummated because of principal's fault or inability to furnish title free from defect.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cotter v. Figaro