Slayter v. Pasley’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

26 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"a provision for the extension or renewal of a lease must specify the time the lease is to extend and the rate to be paid with such a degree of certainty and definiteness that nothing is left to future determination. If it falls short of this requirement, it is not enforceable."”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Pingree v. Continental Group of Utah, Inc. · Cottonwood Mall Co. v. Sine

2. ““We should be hesitant about completing an apparently legally incomplete agreement made between persons sui juris enjoying freedom of contract and dealing at arms’ length by arbitrarily interpolating into it our concept of the parties’ intent merely to validate what would otherwise be an invalid instrument, lest we inadvertently commit them to an ostensible agreement which, in fact, is contrary to the deliberate design of all of them. It is a dangerous doctrine when examined in the light of reason. Judicial paternalism of this character should be as obnoxious to courts as is legislation by judicial fiat. Both import a quality of jural ego and superiority not consonant with long-accepted ideas of legistic propriety under a democratic form of government. If, however, we follow the urgings of the lessee in the instant matter, we will thereby establish a precedent which will open the door to repeated opportunities to do that which, in principle, courts should not do and, in any event, are not adequately equipped to do.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Walker v. Keith

3. “To attempt by judicial fiat to substitute the legal concept of “reasonable rental” in lieu of the previously followed design of a fluctuating rental, measured by future uncontrolled and uncontrollable conditions, would, indeed, be to remake the contract for the parties and very possibly frustrate what to us appears to be a very important contrary intent concerning the rental amount. . . 5”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Pingree v. Continental Group of Utah, Inc.