Russell v. Ferrell’s Empirical Analysis
1957
Citation profile
18 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 18 later decisions — most recently September 1996
18 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 Drollinger v. Carson · Baron v. Lyman · Sandefur v. Hines · Lohmeyer v. Bower · Redinger v. Jones
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Time is not ordinarily regarded as of the essence of a contract unless it is so stipulated by express terms, or is necessarily implied from the character of the obligations assumed; this is especially true with respect to executory contracts for the sale of real estate which are considered in equity as vesting the equitable title in the purchaser subject to the claim of the vendor for the purchase money.” (Syl. fl.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““It has been held where a party gives a reason for his conduct and decision touching anything involved in a controversy, he cannot, after litigation has begun, change his ground and put his conduct on another and different consideration. He is not permitted thus to mend his hold; he is estopped from doing it by a settled principle of law. (citing cases.)” (p. 166.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““. . . He is not permitted thus to mend his hold. He is estopped from doing it by a settled principle of law. . . .” (pp. 267, 268.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.