Isaacs v. Bishop’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The record reveals evidence of fraud. There was evidence that [the] Isaacs[es] and Bishop met with Schleier to discuss documenting the purchase of the track, that they jointly planned to use the same terms and documents as had been used when the Isaacses had purchased the track four years earlier, intending to draft the promissory note to include notice and cure rights and to exclude a demand feature. Isaacs agreed to all of this, but there is evidence that, two days before the documents were to be mailed, Isaacs contacted Schleier and directed him to change the terms to include the demand feature in the note. Isaacs admitted that he so instructed the attorney. Because this is some evidence that Isaacs perpetrated a fraud on Bishop, the evidence is sufficient.... [[Image here]] .... There is evidence that Isaacs made a representation to Bishop about the note’s content, but then, unilaterally and without notice to Bishop, directed that the document be changed to remove that portion and to add another section that completely changed the note’s original content. 5”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. John Leeman Isaacs and Susan Gail Isaacs v. Robert G. Schleier, Jr., and Schleier & Brown, P.C.

2. “Six months after the sale, the Isaacs family — including father, mother, son, and daughter on this occasion — visited the track and were involved in a brawl with a handicapped track worker and his wife. The evidence shows that Bishop got involved in the melee in attempting to break it up. Bishop called the police, who arrested John Isaacs. When released from jail the next morning, John Isaacs reportedly called Bishop and attempted to get Bishop to change his version of events to shift blame away from John Isaacs. That attempt was, reportedly, accompanied by threats of physical violence and fiscal destruction to Bishop; the jury found threats did indeed occur. There was also evidence that Isaacs paid two fight witnesses to testify “appropriately” and that, when one began to waver, Isaacs threatened that witness with physical violence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. John Leeman Isaacs and Susan Gail Isaacs v. Robert G. Schleier, Jr., and Schleier & Brown, P.C.

3. “Although related, the actions Bishop brought against Schleier were not the same ones brought against the Isaacs[es]. [The] Isaacs[es][do] not argue now, and did not argue then, that either [the] Isaacs[es] or Schleier would be liable for the damages caused by the other in those alternative causes of action. The trial court carefully separated the damages to avoid overlap, and each defendant was found liable for damages for the particular causes of action asserted against that party.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. John Leeman Isaacs and Susan Gail Isaacs v. Robert G. Schleier, Jr., and Schleier & Brown, P.C.