Adder v. Holman & Moody, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
54 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 72 later decisions — most recently November 2021 · most notably Jackson v. Bumgardner (1986), Hagler v. Hagler (1987)
54 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 Lane v. Scarborough · Hartsville Oil Mill v. United States · Root v. Allstate Insurance Company · Silliman v. United States · Hackley v. Headley
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 72 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a contract and is therefore subject to the recognized rules of construction of contracts”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“where one by the unlawful act of another is induced to make a contract or perform or forego some act under circumstances which deprive him of the exercise of free will.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“This will acknowledge my indebtedness of $1,538.03 representing the balance due for labor and parts to finish my drag race car and that I have no defenses or set-offs against such indebtedness grounded upon poor workmanship or other objection.... I further agree that in the event that you should undertake suit against me on the note, I will not plead any defenses against payment of same (emphasis added). Id. at 193.”
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.