Simkin v. Blank’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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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.

1. “On a motion to dismiss under CPLR 3211, the pleading is to be given a liberal construction, the allegations contained within it are assumed to be true and the plaintiff is to be afforded every favorable inference”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Nomura Home Equity Loan, Inc. v. Nomura Credit & Capital, Inc.

2. “[Contracts may be] set aside or reformed [where] a mutual mistake rendered a portion of the agreement impossible to perform.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Mindspirit, LLC v. Evalueserve Ltd.