Dunn v. . Steubing’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 federal appellate · 2 district · 40 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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““UncLoubteclly the defendant had the right to terminate the contract if the plaintiff was not proceeding with that diligence which the terms of the contracts required; but this was not his only remedy. He had a right to let the plaintiff go on and complete his work, and then he had the right to say: ‘I will pay you for the work you have done, but I want the damages you have caused me in not doing my work as you agreed to do it.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Frankfurt-Barnett Co. v. William Prym Co.

2. ““Upon the failure of the plaintiff to perform by the day fixed, the defendant might have insisted on his strict legal rights and then put an end to the contract, but this he did not do, but permitted the plaintiff to continue the work, and for this reason he cannot now insist on the delay as a defense to an action brought to recover the price of the work.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. George A. Ohl & Co. v. Henry L. Lewin Co.