Fields v. Cornett’s Empirical Analysis
1934
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 24 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 37 later decisions — most recently May 2002 · most notably Sallee v. Na, Sloan v. Sloan (1946)
5 federal appellate · 24 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Atlantic Delaine Co. v. James · Lossie v. Central Trust Co. of Owensboro · Ison v. Sanders · Board of Regents Murray Normal School v. Cole · Miracle v. Stone
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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ ‘Equitable relief from a mutual mistake is frequently given by a reformation' of the-contract. But a- contract will not be reformed for an unilateral 'mistake. Equitable relief may, however, be given from an unilateral mistake by recision of the contract. Essential conditions to such relief are: (1) The mistake must be of so grave a consequence that to enforce the contract as actually made would be unconscionable'. (2) The matter as to which the mistake was made must relate to a-material feature of the contract. (3) Generally the mistake must have occurred notwithstanding the' exercise of ordinary diligence by the party making the mistake. (4) It must-be possible.to give relief by way of recision without serious prejudice to the other party except the loss of his bargain. In other words, it must be possible to put him in statu quo.’ ””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Meyer's v. Huber
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.