Fricke v. Forbes’s Empirical Analysis

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

1. “The distinction between an agreement which is, per se, to satisfy and extinguish an existing debt, and an agreement, the performance of which is to have that effect, must not be overlooked. The former operates as an immediate satisfaction of the debt; the latter, only when performed.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Vermett v. Hough

2. “If the agreement of compromise is breached by what is in effect a failure or refusal to perform, the original cause of action is revived, and the other party may elect to regard the compromise as rescinded and proceed upon the original demand. 11 Am.Jur. p. 275.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Edleman v. Gleason (In Re Silver Mill Frozen Foods, Inc.)