Reilly v. Korholz’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Certain portions of this contract being in contravention of the [plumbers' licensing] statute are unenforceable, but as to those portions not in violation of the licensing statute, the contract is severable and plaintiff may recover any unpaid balance due him for the materials furnished and labor performed not requiring the services of an unlicensed plumber.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Capitalvalue Advisors, LLC v. K2D, Inc.

2. “[where an agreement founded on a legal consideration contains several promises, or a promise to do several things, and a part only of the things to be done are illegal, the promises which can be separated, or the promise, so far as it can be separated, from the illegality, may be valid.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Capitalvalue Advisors, LLC v. K2D, Inc.

3. ““At the risk of appearing dreary and trite, we reiter ate our uniform pronouncement that findings of fact made by the trier of facts, court or jury, will not be disturbed if supported by credible testimony.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Davis v. Roberts