McCormick v. Shively’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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

1. ““In the case of Prohaska v. Hemmer-Miller Development Co., 256 Ill. App. 331 , it appears that the vendor under the contract agreed to do certain things, among which was the harvesting of the crops upon the land during the life of the Agreement and an application of the profits to the purchase price of the land. There is no obligation in the case at bar on the part of the vendor to do anything other than to deliver a deed upon the payment of the purchase price. ’ ’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Adam v. Chicago Title & Trust Co.

2. ““Securities are generally defined as written assurances for the return or repayment of money or evidences of indebtedness. Jaffe v. Goldner, 251 Ill. App. 188 ; 37 Corpus Juris, 275. The act itself, under the definition of investment contract, defines it as one whereby the issuer agrees to pay or deliver a sum of money at a future time. There is nothing in the contract in question which includes any of these essential features.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 351 Ill. App. 321 - Brothers v. McMahon