Lamm v. Crumpler’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Moreover, it is an established principle, universally applied in this jurisdiction to various factual situations, that an executory contract, the consideration of which is against good morals, or against public policy, or the laws of the State, or in fraud of the State, or of any third person, cannot be enforced in a court of justice. For instance, in Blythe v. Lovinggood, supra, it is held: “The law prohibits everything which is contra bonos mores, and, therefore, no contract which originates in an act contrary to the true principles of morality can be made the subject of complaint in the courts of justice.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 159 F. Supp. 2d 215 - Angel Medical Center, Inc. v. Abernathy

2. ““A sale at auction is a sale to the best bidder, its object a fair price, its means competition. Any agreement, therefore, to stifle competition is a fraud upon the principles on which the sale is founded. It * * * vitiates the contract between the parties so that they can claim nothing from each other.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Martin v. Underhill