A.P. & Sons Construction v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
1 district · 8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on City of Colton v. Schwebach · Gross v. Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co. · Sherburn v. Patterson Farms, Inc. · City of Huron v. Jelgerhuis · Action Mechanical, Inc. v. Deadwood Historic Preservation Commission
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) an intent to enter into a joint venture; (2) an agreement, express or implied, among members of the group; and (3) a common purpose to be carried out by the group; (4) a joint pecuniary interest in that purpose; (5) an equal right to a voice in the direction and control of the group; and (6) a right to share in the profits and a duty to share in any losses.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Clear error is shown only when, after a review of all the evidence, we are left with a definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been made. The trial court’s findings of fact are presumed correct and we defer to those findings unless the evidence clearly preponderates against them.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the association of two or more persons to carry on as co-owners a business for profit forms a partnership, whether or not the persons intend to form a partnership”
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.