McLain v. Pernell’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 district · 16 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"[I]f a contract has been integrated, it may not be varied by parol in the absence of mutual mistake, nor will it be rescinded or redrafted by the Court if one of the parties finds that he has made a bad deal or has become dissatisfied with its provisions. ... Finally, where there has been an integration of an agreement, those who executed it will'not be allowed to place their own interpretation on what it means or was intended to mean. The test in such case is objective and not subjective.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Creamer v. Helferstay

2. “"We think the Chancellor was clearly justified in refusing to hear extrinsic evidence as to what the appellant intended the release to mean or what he thought it was intended to cover. Stated broadly, the rule is that as a matter of substantive law, parol evidence is inadmissible to vary, alter or contradict a writing which is complete, unambiguous and valid, where no fraud, accident or mistake is claimed.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Creamer v. Helferstay

3. “there is no evidence whatever to show that the [releasee] did not understand ... the release to [mean] exactly what it said,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Bernstein v. Kapneck