Rock v. Birdwell’s Empirical Analysis
1967
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
2
states following
May 1986
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Bender v. Bender · Pinsky v. Sloat · McReynolds v. McReynolds · Hjermstad v. Barkuloo
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ * * * Where there is nothing ambiguous or uncertain in the terms of a deed it speaks for itself, and parol evidence tending to show a prior or contemporaneous oral agreement or tacit understanding with respect to the terms of the conveyance is inadmissible. Pinsky v. Sloat, 130 Cal.App.2d 579 , 279 P.2d 284 .” Rock v. Birdwell, 149 Mont. 449 , 429 P.2d 634, 639 (1967).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Cordova v. Gosar
How this case has been treated — in progress
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