Carnell v. Watson’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
28 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 28 later decisions — most recently November 2009 · most notably Cechovic v. Hardin & Associates, Inc. (1995), Durbin v. Ross (1996)
28 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 8 Utah 2d 119 - Reese v. Harper · Smith v. Barnes · Roscow v. Bara · Hart v. Billings Public Stockyards
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The following agreements are invalid unless the same or some note or memorandum thereof is in writing and subscribed by the party to be charged or his agent;... (e) an agreement authorizing or employing an agent or broker to purchase or sell real estate for compensation or a commission.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Kraft v. Hodson“A contract in writing may be altered by a contract in writing or by an executed oral agreement and not otherwise.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Kraft v. Hodson
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.