Quigley v. Bennett’s Empirical Analysis

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13 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]he problem was not with the charge but with the evidence Bennett tried to squeeze into it. There was no evidence that generating geologists are paid $1 million in cash for their services; the evidence showed they are paid royalty interests, which are sometimes worth $1 million and sometimes worth nothing. As the Statute of Frauds prevents enforcement of oral contracts for royalty interests, it likewise prevents an action for damages measured by that amount.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Albert G. Hill, Jr. v. Shamoun & Norman, Llp

2. “American law has traditionally recognized three damages measures for breach of contract: expectancy, reliance, and restitution.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Siam v. Builders

3. “cannot be given any weight or effect and legally cannot be considered as evidence supporting the jury's finding.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Albert G. Hill, Jr. v. Shamoun & Norman, Llp