Clark v. Chipman’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 2 district · 42 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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The mere passage of time is not enough to invoke the doctrine of laches. Lapse of time is necessarily a relative matter in which all surrounding circumstances must be taken into account. Each case must be governed by its own facts and what might be considered a lapse of sufficient time to defeat an action in one case might be insufficient in another.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 4 Kan. App. 2d 363 - Harvester, Inc. v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. · Jones v. the Grain Club

2. ““A voluntary payment •. . . means a payment made by a person of his own motion without compulsion, a payment made without a mistake of fact or fraud, duress, coercion, or extortion, on a demand which is not enforceable against the payor; and whether in a given case a payment is voluntary depends on the facts of the particular case, as indicating an intention on the part of the payor to waive his legal rights.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 9 Kan. App. 2d 58 - Vap v. Diamond Oil Producers, Inc.