Boris v. Hill’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
13
cited by 13 later decisions
2
states following
February 1999
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Horner v. Ahern · Nelms v. Nelms · Armentrout v. French · Watson v. Avon Street Business Center, Inc. · Kuczmanski v. Gill
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If a purchaser is given or secures information as to the condition of property such as would excite the suspicions of a reasonably prudent man, he is then under the duty to ascertain the true condition for himself and cannot rely upon the representations of the vendor.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Lee v. Bowers“When the buyer is given ample opportunity to examine the property prior to closing, the buyer is charged with all the knowledge he or she could obtain through diligent investigation and is then bound by his or her acceptance of the property.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Lee v. Bowers
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.