310 Ga. App. 674 - Thompson v. Floyd’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 7 state decisions

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

1. “the defendant made a promise upon which he reasonably should have expected the plaintiff to rely, the plaintiff relied on the promise to his detriment, and injustice can be avoided only by enforcing the promise because the plaintiff forwent a valuable right.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ridgeline Capital Partners, LLC v. Midcap Fin. Servs., LLC · 333 Ga. App. 377 - Mark Vernon v. Assurance Forensic Accounting, LLC

2. “even if the contract in this case could be considered too indefinite to enforce, a party may enter into a contract invalid and unenforceable, and by reason of the covenants therein contained and promises made in connection with the same, wrongfully cause the opposite party to forego a valuable legal right to his detriment, and in this manner by his conduct waive the right to repudiate the contract and become estopped to deny the opposite party any benefits that may accrue to him under the terms of the agreement. 16”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 325 Ga. App. 194 - Bedsole v. Action Outdoor Advertising JV, LLC

3. “To determine whether the parties mutually assented to all essential terms of the contract, the circumstances surrounding the making of the contract, such as correspondence and discussions, are relevant in deciding if there was a mutual assent to an agreement.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Netsoft Associates, Inc. v. Flairsoft, Ltd.