Clark v. Madeira’s Empirical Analysis
1972
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
February 2005
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Spink v. Mourton · Southern Farmers Assn., Inc. v. Wyatt · Johnson v. State · Ark. Farmers Ass'n v. Towns · Almand v. Alexander
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“One cannot profit by his own wrong. Consequently an architect whose cost estimate is culpably below the actual cost of the job is not entitled to a commission upon the excess. (Citations omitted and emphasis added.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Vaccaro v. Smith
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.