Ingalls v. Perkins’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The texts disclose many kinds of attempted contract which, in their tendency, are so inimical to the public interest that courts have refused to enforce or recognize them. Yet it is not every possibility of abuse or corruption that will justify it.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Dominguez v. Rocas

2. ““One who refuses to perform a contract because it is illegal must carry the burden of showing such illegality; merely to create confusion and suggest doubts is not enough.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Dominguez v. Rocas