Steinmeyer v. Schroeppel’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate · 61 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 75 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““A mistake which will justify relief in equity must affect the substance of the contract, and not a mere incident or the inducement for entering into it. The mistake of the appellants did not relate to the subject matter of the contract, its location, identity or amount, and there was neither belief in the existence of a fact which did not exist or ignorance of any fact material to the contract which did exist.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 21 Ill. App. 3d 527 - Santucci Construction Co. v. County of Cook

2. ““If there is apparently a valid contract in writing, but by reason of a mistake of fact by one of the parties, not due [emphasis added] to his negligence, the contract is different with respect to the subject matter or terms from what was intended, equity will give to such party a remedy by cancellation where the parties can be placed in statu quo. ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 67 Ill. 2d 213 - John J. Calnan Co. v. Talsma Builders, Inc.