Nadeau v. Pitman’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 district · 3 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The remedy of unjust enrichment describes recovery for the value of the benefit retained when there is no contractual relationship, but when, on the grounds of fairness and justice, the law compels performance of a legal and moral duty to pay. The existence of a contractual relationship precludes recovery on a theory of unjust enrichment.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Federal Insurance v. Maine Yankee Atomic Power Co. · 256 F. Supp. 2d 12 - Ingram v. Rencor Controls, Inc.

2. “Events which occur subsequent to execution of a contract and are not contemplated by the parties at the time of execution of the contract, are not a mutual mistake rendering a contract unenforceable.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 323 F. Supp. 2d 95 - Cambridge Mut. Ins. Co. v. Patriot Mut. Ins. Co.