Cotton v. Manning’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
2
states following
February 2018
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Wilson v. Great Northern Railway Company · Maragos v. A.S. · Ducheneaux v. Miller · Thompson v. Summers · Campion v. Parkview Apartments
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The effects and terms of a contract are questions of law to be resolved by the court.... On appeal, this court can read a contract itself without a presumption in favor of the trial court’s determination. ... The court is to enforce and give effect to the unambiguous language and terms of the contract....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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