Aaker v. Aaker’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Oral stipulations of the parties in the presence of the court are generally held to be binding, especially when acted upon or entered on the court’s records. ⅜ % * * * ⅛ “We have no reservations on the proposition that the court has the authority to either accept or reject a stipulation. But adding to it without first informing the parties or obtaining the consent of the parties to the stipulation is another matter. [[Image here]] “If a stipulation does not affect the public and is of a private nature the judge is at greater liberty to accept it. The court may also accept in part and add to it, but only after first informing the parties of this.””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Tarver v. Tarver · Tiokasin v. Haas

2. “No agreement or consent between the parties or their attorneys with respect to proceedings in court is binding, in case of a dispute as to its terms, unless reduced to writing and signed by the parties or their respective attorneys or made in open court and read into the record of the proceedings.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Tarver v. Tarver