101 Mich. App. 754 - Godwin v. Lindbert’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
27
cited by 27 later decisions
9
states following
April 2009
most recently cited
25 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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A trial court should enforce the equities of the parties in such a manner as to put them as nearly as possible in the position that they would have occupied had the conveyance of the real property occurred when required by the contract.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Norton v. Herron“This additional cost is a predictable consequence arising out of delay in conveying title.”
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.