Thompson v. Thompson’s Empirical Analysis
1947
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 34 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 37 later decisions — most recently May 1988 · most notably Hodgeson v. McDaniel (1957), 336 So. 2d 782 - Owen v. Owen (1976)
1 federal appellate · 34 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 McDuffie v. Walker · Long v. Chailan · Kinberger v. Drouet · Cox v. Von Ahlefeldt · Chachere v. Superior Oil Co.
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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[W]hereas our system of law has protected the forced heirs against acts designed to deprive him of his legitimate portion, the rights granted to such forced heir cannot be extended so as to defeat the subsequently acquired rights of third persons who have bought property on the faith of the public records and under the belief that their vendor acquired a valid title by purchase. In fine, considerations of public policy, respecting a stability of titles, makes it necessary that innocent third parties prevail over the forced heir even though it results in the denial of the heir's right which our law has so carefully guarded.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““[The right to specific performance] will generally receive judicial approbation and enforcement where, as in. contracts for the delivery of an immovable, the remedy at law for damages is inadequate and the promisor is legally able to comply with his engagement. But, where the rights of others have intervened and make a full compliance with the promise impossible, it is the duty of the court to deny the relief sought and relegate the plaintiff to an action for damages. This principle has many times been recognized by this court in cases where the promisor could not deliver a valid title.” Thompson, supra.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““One may purchase the right, or option to accept or reject, within a stipulated time, an offer or promise to sell, after the purchase of such option, for any consideration therein stipulated, such offer, or promise can not be withdrawn before the time agreed upon; and should it be accepted within the time stipulated, the contract or agreement to sell, evidenced by such promise and acceptance, may be specifically enforced by either party.””
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.