Thompson v. Wilhite’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate · 11 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Equitable estoppel (estoppel in pais) is the effect of the voluntary conduct of a party whereby he is absolutely precluded, both at law and in equity, from asserting rights which might perhaps have otherwise existed, either of property, of contract, or of remedy, as against another person, who has, in good faith, relied upon such conduct, and has been led thereby to change his position for the worse, and who, on his part, acquires some corresponding right, either of property, of contract, or of remedy. The conduct must be done with the intention, or at least with the expectation, that it will be acted upon by the other party, or under such circumstances that it is both natural and probable that it will be so acted upon. ’ ’ Thompson v. Wilhite, 131 Ark. 77 , 198 S. W. 271 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Texas Company v. Snow

2. “An estoppel in pais [equitable estoppel] is conduct intended and calculated to induce, and in fact inducing, another person to alter his condition so that it would be a fraud on him to allow the other person to take an inconsistent attitude to his detriment.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Greif Bros. Cooperage Corporation, a Delaware Corporation v. United States Gypsum Company, an Illinois Corporation, United States Gypsum Company, an Illinois Corporation v. Greif Bros. Cooperage Corporation, a Delaware Corporation