Tribble v. Lawrence’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In our opinion the contract is not so clear and free of ambiguity that the court could say what it meant as a matter of law. In a situation of this kind it must be left to a jury to determine what was the intention of the parties.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. American Pioneer Life Insurance v. Allender · 36 Ark. App. 16 - Pizza Hut of America, Inc. v. West General Insurance

2. “The court properly instructed the jury under the facts here obtaining that they must determine whether the contract was in force and effect at the time the property was destroyed by fire. However, the court should also have submitted to the jury the interpretation of the conflicting insurance clauses in the light of the attending circumstances of this case, if they found that the contract was in fact in effect. For this error it is necessary that the case be reversed and the cause remanded for new trial. It is so ordered.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 36 Ark. App. 16 - Pizza Hut of America, Inc. v. West General Insurance