22 Tex. Civ. App. 216 - Burck v. Abbott’s Empirical Analysis

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4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““That a part of the consideration for the contract was lawful can make no difference. The part of the consideration which is illegal taints the whole, and the courts will not expend their time in the inquiry as to what part of it was lawful. Nor does it vary the rule that appellants who invoke the doctrine are equally guilty, and can thus by their unlawful acts obtain an unconscionable advantage. The policy of the law is to discountenance the making of such contract, and it is thought that this can be done in no more effective way than by refusal to enforce them, and this is done without regard to the effect it may have upon the parties to the prohibited transaction.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. W. T. Rawleigh Medical Co. v. Fitzpatrick