Henderson v. Pierson’s Empirical Analysis
201 F.2d 740 · 1953
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
August 1963
most recently cited
7 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Brown v. American Nat. Bank · Gamble v. Riley · Colonial Jewelry Co. v. Brown · Yeager v. Jackson
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.
“A collateral parol agreement that a contract shall become effective only on certain conditions and contingencies is not an oral contradiction or variation of the written instrument * * *.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Parol evidence is admissible to show a condition precedent relating to the taking effect of a written instrument”
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.