18 Utah 2d 81 - Jackson v. Caldwell’s Empirical Analysis
1966
Citation profile
26 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 27 later decisions — most recently April 2011 · most notably Chambers-Dobson, Inc. v. Squier (1991), 2008 UT App 11 - Stonehocker v. Stonehocker (2008)
26 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 Yost v. Patrick · In re the Estate of Witkind · 1 Ill. App. 2d 255 - Cook v. Lauten · Haverly v. Elliott · Matter of Application of Graham
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Good will is the advantage or benefit which is acquired by an establishment, beyond the mere value of the capital, stocks, funds or property employed therein, in consequence of the general patronage and encouragement which it receives from constant or habitual customers on account of its location, or local position or reputation for quality, skill, integrity or punctuality. It is something in business which gives reasonable expectancy of preference in the race of competition.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Carr v. Carr · Gardner v. Gardner“in a partnership of public accountants, unless the parties have in their partnership agreements provided otherwise, or the facts and cireumstances of the particular case would require a modification of the general rule.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Peterson v. Jackson“a professional partnership the reputation of which depends on the individual skill of the members, such as partnerships of attorneys or physicians has no 'good will to distribute as a firm asset on its dissolution.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Peterson v. Jackson
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.