Coffey v. Coffey’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
27
cited by 27 later decisions
2
states following
March 2026
most recently cited
27 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Malcolm v. Malcolm · Forge v. Smith · Sazama v. State Ex Rel. Muilenberg · Weitzel v. Sioux Valley Heart Partners · Pesicka v. Pesicka
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Rather, a contract is ambiguous only when it is capable of more than one meaning when viewed objectively by a reasonably intelligent person who has examined the context of the entire integrated agreement.”
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.