Locke v. Murdoch’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

27 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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “‘‘The contract made, the promise given by either party, as expressed in the writing, cannot be modified; but further or additional consideration may be shown, even though it consist of a promise of one party to the other, if it be to do something outside of and so far distinct from the written promise or contract as that the latter is not varied or modified.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Baca v. Fleming

2. ““ ‘But a complete, valid, written contract merges all prior and contemporaneous negotiations and agreements within its purview, and if the oral agreement is not really collateral, but is an element of the written contract, or tends to vary or contradict the same, either in its express provisions or legal import, it is inadmissible * * *”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bell v. Lammon

3. ““That the complaint failed to state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action in that it did not show that the plaintiff was entitled to any equitable relief.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Williams v. Kemp