Vazquez v. Gairens’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ * * * where an undertaker has fallen down completely in performance of his contract, or, as in the case here, has performed so unskillfully that his work does not fulfill the object of the contract, the proprietor has an abso-" lute right to cancel the agreement. “ * * * There is no obligation on the part of the owner to allow a contractor, who has breached- his undertaking by the performance of an unskilled and unsuitable job, additional time of opportunity to rectify his work.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Mouton v. Motors Ins. · 174 So. 3d 76 - Brenner v. Zaleski

2. ““The proprietor has a right to cancel at pleasure the bargain he has made, even in case the work has already been commenced, by paying the undertaker for the expense and labor already incurred, and such damages as the nature of the case may require.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bramlette v. Hebert

3. “On the other hand, if the contractor fails to do the work he has contracted to perform, or does not execute in the manner agreed to he is liable in damages for losses that may ensue from his noncompliance with the contract.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 174 So. 3d 76 - Brenner v. Zaleski