R. P. Hill and Mary Hill v. A. E. Waxberg, Doing Business as Waxberg Construction Co.’s Empirical Analysis
237 F.2d 936 · 1956
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 1 district · 9 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 33 later decisions — most recently August 2020 · most notably Franks v. Lockwood (1959), Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary v. QLT Phototherapeutics, Inc. (2009)
16 federal appellate · 1 district · 9 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
Applies 12 U.S.C. § 1713 · 12 U.S.C. § 1743
Relies on Martin v. Campanaro · 25 Wash. 2d 428 - Western Asphalt Co. v. Valle
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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“an implied contract results where one renders services at the request of another with the expectation of pay therefor, and in the process confers a benefit on the other”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“‘based on the maxim that one who is unjustly enriched at the expense of another is required to make restitution,'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Martens v. Metzgar · Brady v. State“[Restitution is properly limited to the value of the benefit which was acquired.”
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.