Jacobs v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
48
cited by 48 later decisions
2
states following
August 2002
most recently cited
48 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Davis v. Alaska · Breen v. Phelps · Finley v. Aetna Life & Casualty Co. · State v. Hinckley · Struckman v. Burns
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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The primary purpose of the statute of frauds is `to provide reliable evidence of the existence and the terms of the contract.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage“[n]o civil action may be maintained in the following cases unless the agreement, or a memorandum of the agreement is made in writing and signed by the party, or the agent of the party, to be charged: . . . (6) upon any agreement for a loan in an amount which exceeds fifty thousand dollars.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage“In order to satisfy the statute of frauds, an agreement must state the contract with such certainty that its essentials can be known from the memorandum itself, without the aid of parol proof, or from a reference contained therein to some other writing or thing certain; and these essentials must at least consist of the subject of the sale, the terms of it and the parties to it, so as to furnish evidence of a complete agreement.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.