Belden v. Thorkildsen’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
1 district · 14 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 17 later decisions — most recently November 2024
1 district · 14 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Amoco Production Co. v. Stauffer Chemical Co. · Cordova v. Gosar · Quin Blair Enterprises, Inc. v. Julien Construction Co. · Piroschak v. Whelan · Rennard v. Vollmar
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[Whe assume that the evidence of the prevailing party below is true and give that party every reasonable inference that can fairly and reasonably be drawn from it. We do not substitute ourselves for the trial court as a finder of facts; instead, we defer to those findings unless they are unsupported by the record or erroneous as a matter of law.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“[Whe depart from the parol evidence rule if the evidence is used to establish a separate and distinct contract, a condition precedent, fraud, mistake, or repudiation. Applied Genetics v. First Affiliated Securities, 912 F.2d 1238 , 1245 (10th Cir.1990); Western Nat'l Bank of Lovell v. Moneur, 624 P.2d 765, 770-71 (Wyo.1981). Evidence of an oral agreement is considered if the oral agreement does not vary the terms of the writing, or if it is "separate and distinct from, and independent of, the written instrument." Applied Genetics, 912 F.2d at 1246 (quoting Moneur, 624 P.2d at 771 and citing Allen v. Allen, 550 P.2d 1187, 1141 (Wyo.1976) and Cordova v. Gosar, 719 P.2d 625, 640-42 (Wyo.1986)). In other words, the parol evidence rule "does not affect a purely collateral contract distinct from, and independent of, the written agreement, even though it relates to the same general subject matter and grows out of the same transaction, if it is not inconsistent with the writing." Moncur, 624 P.2d at 770-71 .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“It is hereby agreed that John and Stacy Thorkildsen will purchase the 30% ownership of Fish Creek Interiors & Gifts currently owned by Sean O'Brien for $180,000.00, cash. This is due and payable upon completion of the financing provided by Bank of Jackson Hole, but no later than July 1, 2000.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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