Geraets v. Halter’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
20
cited by 20 later decisions
1
states following
January 2019
most recently cited
1 district · 14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jasper v. Smith · Cordell v. Codington County · Rusch v. Kauker · Matter of Estate of Elliott · Cowan v. Mervin Mewes, Inc.
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.
“(1) Parties capable of contracting; (2) Their consent; (3) A lawful object; and (4) Sufficient cause or consideration.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“An agreement is the result of a mutual assent of two parties to certain terms, and, if it be clear that there is no consensus, what may have been written or said becomes immaterial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.