Pound v. Clum’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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. ““It appears that plaintiff did not rely upon the advice and statements of Barassa, the attorney, but acted in disregard of such advice. Had his attorney advised him to purchase the land, and had he relied upon such advice, then the defendant would not have been liable; but the fact that Barassa advised him not to purchase, and that he did not follow the advice, might be urged as evidence of the strength of the representations claimed to have been made by the defendant. The question is not, Was he warned? but Was he deceived and defrauded by the defendant?””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kefuss v. Whitley

2. ““It is in evidence that plaintiffs told defendant Clum and his agent, Heine, that they were totally ignorant of the values of the Saginaw property, and that they relied upon the representations as to value made.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hammer v. Martin