Gastineau v. Crow’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “... The law is well established that in order to reform a deed or other written instrument “the evidence must be ‘clear, convincing, unequivocal and decisive,’ and must establish the right beyond a reasonable doubt. [Citation omitted.] This rule does not require that the fact be established entirely beyond dispute. The only requirement is that there be more than a mere preponderance, and the evidence must be of sufficient weight to establish the issue beyond reasonable controversy or doubt.” [Citation omitted.]”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ball v. Spencer · Dobbins v. Hayden