State v. Downey’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 state decisions

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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““In this connection it is to be noted that when confronted with the construction of an instrument, such as the lease before us here, our obligation is not to consider isolated provisions but to consider and construe the instrument in its entirety. (First National Bank of Lawrence v. Methodist Home for the Aged, 181 Kan. 100 , 309 P. 2d 389 ; Lawrence v. Cooper Independent Theatres, 177 Kan. 125 , 276 P. 2d 350 .) We are also mindful of the often stated rule that ambiguity in a contract does not appear until application of pertinent rules of interpretation to the face of the instrument leaves it genuinely uncertain which one of two, or more meanings is the proper one. (Klema v. Soukup, 175 Kan. 775 , 267 P. 2d 501 ; Morgan v. Wheeler, 150 Kan. 667 , 95 P. 2d 320 .)” (See, also, Weiner v. Wilshire Oil Co., 192 Kan. 490 , 389 P. 2d 803 .)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Mays v. Middle Iowa Realty Corp.