Ryan v. United States’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

50 federal appellate · 9 district · 70 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 163 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the principle is well established that a complete contract, binding under the statute of frauds, may be gathered from letters, writings, and telegrams between the parties relating to the subject-matter of the contract, and so connected with each other that they may be fairly said to constitute one paper relating to the contract.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Bibb v. Allen · Hewitt v. Hutter

2. ““Whatever may be said as to the effect of this deed in passing title, if it was delivered only for purposes of examination, or if the previous memorandum of sale had been for any reason fatally defective under the statute of frauds, its recitals, coming as they do from the vendor, are competent for the purpose of showing the precise locality of the property which the memorandum of sale was intended to embrace.” (Page 84.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Schneider v. Anderson

3. “"`A mere offer to sell real estate, upon specified terms, may undoubtedly be withdrawn at any time before its acceptance. Such is the general rule. But if the offer be accepted without conditions, and without varying its terms, and the acceptance be communicated to the other party without unreasonable delay, a contract arises, from which neither party can withdraw at pleasure.'" (Emphasis supplied) (p. 159)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 261 So. 2d 167 - Kendel v. Pontious