Oakes v. Trumbo’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 8 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““1. An agreement for the sale of real estate is invalid unless the same or some note or memorandum thereof be in writing, and subscribed by the party to be charged or his agent; and ■such agreement, if made by an agent, is invalid unless the authority of the agent be in writing, subscribed by the party sought to be charged. “2. A complete contract, binding under the statute of frauds, may be gathered from letters, telegrams, and writings between the parties relating to the subject matter, and so connected with each other that they may be said to fairly constitute one paper relating to the contract. “3. A memorandum, to be sufficient under the statute of frauds, must be complete in itself, and leave nothing to rest in parol. “4. A contract for the sale of lands, the specific performance of which a court of equity will enforce, must be certain in its terms and that certainty required has reference to the parties contracting, the terms of the sale and the description of the property.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Turner v. Baxter · Hawkins v. Wright