Orr v. Walker’s Empirical Analysis
1959
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 9 later decisions — most recently May 1979
1 federal appellate · 8 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 Noe v. Maestri · Bunol v. Bunol · Breland v. City of Bogalusa · Orleans Parish School Board v. City of New Orleans · Orr v. Walker
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““As an alternative reason for maintaining herein the exceptions of no ' right and no cause of action the Court of Appeal observed that ( 104 So.2d 229 ) * * * another substantial objection to plaintiff’s suit lies in the clear implication in the petition that the fraud of which plaintiff complains rests upon a fear of future developments. In other words, plaintiff alleges that he was actuated in making the sale by defendant’s promise that plaintiff’s “undesirable neighbor,” Talley, would vacate his premises within “two or three days,” and the further fact that Talley might (in the future) acquire the right to the use and benefit of the property conveyed. It is well established that statements promissory in nature and relating to future actions do not constitute actionable fraud. The false statements, if such are made, must relate to facts then existing or which have previously existed * * * >»”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““Under the above clear and specific codal provisions a person may have his contract annulled when it has been obtained through the practice of artifice by another designed to cause him inconvenience; the sustaining of a pecuniary loss is not essential.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage““ * * * It is well established that statements promissory in nature and relating to future actions do not constitute actionable fraud. The false statements, if such are made, must relate to facts then existing or which have previously existed * *”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.