Olson v. Beacham’s Empirical Analysis
1960
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
2
states following
September 1992
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Farina · Holliday v. Higbee
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.
“In the instant case there was no meeting of the minds of the plaintiff and defendants. The defendants by their advertisement merely invited offers for the construction of certain specified improvements to their place of business. They reserved the right to reject any or all bids. The plaintiff submitted a bid, accompanied by a stipulation that he would enter into a contract if his bid was accepted. It was not accepted, and therefore no contract resulted and the defendants could not, upon the record before us, be held to be obligated to the plaintiff in any manner.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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