Prather v. Vasquez’s Empirical Analysis
1958
Citation profile
14 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 14 later decisions — most recently March 2010
14 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Collins v. Vickter Manor, Inc. · Coulter v. Howard · Bard v. Kent · 98 Cal. App. 650 - Shortell v. Evans-Ferguson Corp. · 82 Cal. App. 2d 823 - Seymour v. Shaeffer
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““We do not doubt that Halterman suffered detriment in endeavoring to obtain the authorities’ approval of a rezoning and a subdivision. But the consideration for a promise must be an act or a return promise, bargained for and given in exchange for the promise. [Citation.] Halterman’s efforts would have constituted consideration for an option had respondents agreed to accept them as such. However, the escrow instructions did not contain a promise by Halterman to obtain approval of a subdivision plan or to do anything in the interest of respondents, and it is clear that respondents did not agree to keep the offer open in return for his endeavors.” (At p. 205.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.