Wagner v. Graham’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
2
states following
January 2005
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Henderson v. Evans · Watson v. Harmon · Duckworth v. Cameron · Columbia Pools, Inc. v. Moon · Roberta, Inc. v. Trust
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Assuming . . . that . . . the Homeowner was at the time of the agreement aware of the fact that the Contractor did not have a license, it would be of no comfort to the Contractor. The statute, as enacted by the Legislature, is for the benefit of the public. If one might avoid the impact of the statute by applying the law of estoppel, one could, by a similar reasoning, avoid the act by agreement between the Contractor and Homeowner. Clearly, this would not be allowed."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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