Grimstad v. Knudsen’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “is to be based on [the defendant's] purpose, then the purpose must be to inflict injury on the plaintiff as such.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 289 Or. App. 644 - Sharma v. Providence Health & Services-Oregon · 298 Or. App. 555 - Sanford v. Hampton Res., Inc.

2. “[p]roof merely that the defendant has received a windfall, that the claimant has been ill-treated, and that the third party's payment to the defendant (or the defendant's retention of payment as against the claimant) violates rules of good faith, basic fairness, or common decency, does not suffice to make out a claim in restitution.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lumford v. Ota

3. “[i]f a third person makes a payment to the defendant to which (as between claimant and defendant) the claimant has a better legal or equitable right, the claimant is entitled to restitution from the defendant as necessary to prevent unjust enrichment.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lumford v. Ota