Stone v. Dennis’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 11 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “It is the duty of contracting parties, to provide against contingencies: they are presumed to know, whether the completion of the duty they undertake, be within their power. Therefore, to excuse them from the performance of their contracts, they must bring themselves within some one of the above provisions. — Chitty on Con. 14. Without it, however hard the case may be, the party is held to his contract. 1 Term R. 312.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. City of Albertville v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.

2. “it is clear, that a party, by agreeing to submit his case to arbitration, does not loose [sic] his remedy at law, unless, at the time of the commencement of his suit, there is an arbitration pending, or an award has actually been made; and a contract, absolutely to waive one's right to go to law, is void, as against public policy”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 732 So. 2d 994 - Southern Energy Homes, Inc. v. Lee