Ramey v. Koons’s Empirical Analysis
230 F.2d 802 · 1956
Citation profile
31 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 39 later decisions — most recently June 1987 · most notably International Erectors, Inc. v. Wilhoit Steel Erectors & Rental Service (1968), Sharp v. Lucky (1958)
31 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Advertects, Inc. v. Sawyer Industries · Bellaire Securities Corp. v. Brown · McClure v. Century Estates, Inc. · South Florida Lumber Mills v. Breuchaud
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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The so-called ‘parol evidence rule’ forbids any addition to or contradiction of the terms of a written instrument by testimony purporting to show that, at or before the signing of the document, further or different terms were orally agreed upon by the parties; provided, always, that the written instrument appears on its face to express an agreement complete in all essential terms.””
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““It is understood that the Tenant will assign this lease and upon such assignment and assumption by Assignee of the obligations hereunder, the Tenant should be released from all obligations hereunder.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.