Turner v. Williamson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the presentation of a proper release in a form acceptable to plaintiff may have been a condition of defendant's performance but it was not an act necessary to acceptance of plaintiff's offer to settle for the policy limits.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Newton v. Ragland · 349 Ga. App. 892 - Patricia Ann Carr v. John Yim

2. “[s]ettlement agreements must meet the same requirements of formation and enforceablility as other contracts.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Redacted v. Redacted · Stephens v. Castano-Castano.

3. “In deciding whether the parties entered into an enforceable settlement agreement, we are governed by well-established principles. Compromises of doubtful rights are upheld by general policy, as tending to prevent litigation, in all enlightened systems of jurisprudence. In considering the enforceability of an alleged settlement agreement, however, a trial court is obviously limited to those terms upon which the parties themselves have mutually agreed.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 338 Ga. App. 298 - Partain v. Pitts