Conques v. Andrus’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 19 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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The last preceding article is limited to potestative conditions, which make the obligation depend solely on the exercise of the obligor’s will; but if the condition be, that the obligor shall do or not do a certain act, although the doing or not doing of the act depends on the will of the obligor, yet the obligation depending on such condition, is not void.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. S. Gumbel Realty & Securities Co. v. Levy · 193 F. Supp. 163 - Georesearch, Inc. v. Morriss

2. ““Parties are at liberty to make any kind of contract they see fit to make, and which is not contrary to law, public policy, or good morals. And it is a familiar principle that as a person binds himself so shall he be bound and remain bound until discharged by law or released by consent of the person to whom he is bound.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. S. Gumbel Realty & Securities Co. v. Levy · 8 So. 2d 148 - Borie. v. Smither

3. ““Every obligation is null, that has been contracted, on a potestative condition, on the part of him who binds-himself.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 265 So. 2d 298 - Commercial Union Insurance Company v. Milazzo · 193 F. Supp. 163 - Georesearch, Inc. v. Morriss