Kolbe v. Tibbetts’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 2 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “must look to well established principles of contract interpretation to determine whether the parties intended that the contract give rise to a vested right.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Krey ex rel. All Persons Similarly Situated Formerly Known All Persons Similarly Situated v. Cuomo · N.Y.S. Law Enforcement Officers Union Council 82 v. Cuomo

2. “In interpreting an unambiguous contract, the court is to consider its '[p]articular words' not in isolation 'but in the light of the obligation as a whole and the intention of the parties as manifested thereby.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Long Beach Sec. Corp. v. Nat'l Credit Union Admin. Bd. · Cortlandt St. Recovery Corp. v. Bonderman

3. “a written agreement that is complete, clear and unambiguous on its face must be enforced according to the plain meaning of its terms”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Cortlandt St. Recovery Corp. v. Bonderman