Vasichek v. Thorsen’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
33 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 35 later decisions — most recently April 2021 · most notably First Trust Co. of North Dakota v. Scheels Hardware & Sports Shop, Inc. (1988), Dahlen v. Landis (1981)
33 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Waggoner v. Midwestern Development, Inc. · 29 Wash. 2d 440 - Granquist v. McKean · Thornburg v. Perleberg · Falkenstein v. City of Bismarck · Johnson v. Auran
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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““9-06-04. Contracts invalid unless in writing — Statute of frauds. The following contracts are invalid, unless the same or some note or memorandum thereof is in writing and subscribed by the party to be charged, or by his agent: [[Image here]] “3. An agreement for the leasing for a longer period than one year, or for the sale, of real property, or of an interest therein. Such agreement, if made by an agent of the party sought to be charged, is invalid unless the authority of the agent is in writing subscribed by the party sought to be charged.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage““When interest in discretion of court or jury. In an action for the breach of an obligation not arising from contract and in every case of oppression, fraud, or malice, interest may be given in the discretion of the court or jury.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage“". . . whenever acts have been done which are of such a nature as to be consistent only with the existence of a contract for the sale of real property, the case is held to be taken out of the statute of frauds."”
1 later decision 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.