Holleyman v. Holleyman’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
2
states following
August 2012
most recently cited
13 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Poe v. Ullman · Pettis v. Johnston · Patel v. OMH Medical Center, Inc. · Miller v. Miller · Chamberlin v. Chamberlin
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The language of a contract is to govern its interpretation, if the language is clear and explicit, and does not involve an absurdity.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A contract must be so interpreted as to give effect to the mutual intention of the parties, as it existed at the time of contracting, so far as the same is ascertainable and lawful.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Francis v. Francis
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.