Wright v. Baumann’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 39 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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ ‘ * * * [I]t is important that the rules for awarding damages should be such as to discourage even persons against whom wrongs have been committed from passively suffering economic loss which could be averted by reasonable efforts * * *.’ McCormick, Damages, p. 127 (1935).” 398 P.2d at 121 .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brown v. RepublicBank First National Midland · Industrial Leasing Corporation v. Thomason

2. “The Rights of the Landlord Upon Abandonment of the Premises by Tenant,”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. NJ Ind. Properties v. YC & VL, INC. · 138 N.J. Super. 270 - Riverview Realty Co. v. Perosio

3. “[t]he complexities of city life, and the proliferated problems of modern society in general, have created new problems for lessors and lessees and these have been commonly handled by specific clauses in leases. This growth in the number and detail of specific lease covenants has reintroduced into the law of estates for years a predominantly contractual ingredient. [Id. at 181]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sommer v. Kridel