Austin v. Montgomery’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
December 1978
most recently cited
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Illinois ex rel. Kennedy v. Hurley · Ford v. Culbertson · Illinois Central Railroad v. Williams · Graves v. Johnson · DeLaughter v. Womack
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he official comment to the Uniform Commercial Code establishes three definite and invariable requirements as to the memorandum necessary to take a case outside the statute of frauds. In the first place, the memorandum must evidence a contract for the sale of goods; secondly, it must be signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought; and, thirdly, it must specify a quantity. 3”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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