Fetner v. Fetner’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
March 2011
most recently cited
2 federal appellate ·
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[W]here the contract is clear and unambiguous on its face, the intent of the parties must be gleaned from within the four corners of the instrument,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[w]hether a contract is clear or ambiguous is for the court to determine as a matter of law.”
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.