Joseph Huang’s Empirical Analysis

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4 district · 1 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 50 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[i]f for any reason [Amoco] has not obtained the [necessary approvals for the property from various government authorities] within six ... months after the date of execution of this Lease ... then [Amoco] may, at [its] discretion, terminate the Lease ....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 275 F. Supp. 2d 650 - Onal v. BP Amoco Corp.

2. “[The parties may, by express provisions of the contract, grant the right to engage in the very acts and conduct which would otherwise have been forbidden by an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. American Tower, L.P. v. Local TV Iowa, L.L.C.

3. “must make a showing sufficient to establish the existence of each element of his case on which he will bear the burden of proof at trial.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re Blackrock Mut. Funds Advisory Fee Litig.