Jones v. Lee’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Special damages may be awarded ... in a breach of contract case if the damages are shown to have resulted as the natural and probable consequence of the breach and, at the time of the formation of the contract, the breaching party reasonably knew or should have anticipated from the facts and circumstances that the damages would probably be incurred.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sunnyland Farms, Inc. v. Central New Mexico Electric Cooperative, Inc. · Sunnyland Farms, Inc. v. CENT. NM ELEC. CO-OP. INC.

2. “the general rule is that stipulations are ordinarily binding on the parties absent fraud, mistake, improvidence, material change in circumstances, or unless equitable considerations require otherwise”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State ex rel. Oklahoma Bar Ass'n v. Krug

3. “the foreseeability of damages rule anticipates an explicit or tacit agreement by the defendant to respond in damages for the particular damages understood to be likely in the event of a breach.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sunnyland Farms, Inc. v. CENT. NM ELEC. CO-OP. INC.