Blakely v. Kelstrup’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Yellowstone County v. Wight · Peterson v. Montana Bank of Bozeman, NA · Kovacich v. METALS BANK AND TRUST COMPANY · Sharp v. Holthusen · Massar Cattle Co. Inc. v. Reese
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Whenever by the terms of an obligation a party thereto incurs a forfeiture or a loss in the nature of a forfeiture by reason of his failure to comply with its provisions, he may be relieved therefrom upon making full compensation to the other party, except in case of a grossly negligent, willful, or fraudulent breach of duty.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.