Long v. Bibbler’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. ““The evidence of mistake in a written contract, on which the court should act in giving relief, ought to be so clear as to establish the fact beyond cavil. Especially should this be the case when the party setting up the mistake has had the contract prepared by his own professional advisor and apparently with care and deliberation.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Goldberg v. Cities Service Oil Co.