10 Wash. 2d 656 - Goodwin v. Gillingham’s Empirical Analysis
1941
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
September 1980
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Wolfe v. Wallingford Bank & Trust Co. · Brandt v. Northern Pacific Railway Co. · Chamberlain v. Abrams · Johnson v. Upper
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.
““. . . the doctrine of part performance is purely an equitable doctrine, unrecognized at law, and accordingly will not sustain an action at law based on a contract within the Statute of Frauds.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Miller v. McCamish
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.