Pappas v. Hauser’s Empirical Analysis
1972
Citation profile
20 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. v. Claiborne-Reno Co. · Hamilton v. Wosepka · 69 Wash. 2d 949 - Meissner v. Simpson Timber Co. · Phoenix Spring Beverage Co. v. Harvard Brewing Co. · Broad St. Nat. Bank of Trenton v. Collier
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he parol evidence rule forbids the use of extrinsic evidence to vary, add to, or subtract from a [written] agreement.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“I/we intend to subscribe to the College Founder’s Fund the sum of Five Thousand —no/100 Dollars. I intend to pay [ ] Monthly [ ] Quarterly [ ] Semi-Annually [ / ] Annually over 60. 36" months beginning 1967 * * * *. Name Philip Bissonette [signature] Address 301 - 2nd Ave.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Pappas v. Bever
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.