MR v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

22 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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Where a contract is silent on a particular matter that easily could have been drafted into it, a court should refrain from supplying the missing language under the pretext of contract interpretation. Courts are not at liberty to reseune parties from the consequences of a poorly made bargain or a poorly drafted agreement by rewriting a contract under the guise of construing it.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Santana Mendoza v. State · Glenn J. Gumpel and Merrily Gumpel, Trustees of the Glenn and Merrily Gumpel Family Trust Dated October 8, 2001 v. Copperleaf Homeowners Association, Inc., a Wyoming Non-Profit Corporation Roderick Fuller and Kathleen A. Fuller, Trustees of the Roderick and Kathleen Fuller Family Trust Dated January 16, 1997 Mooncrest Ranch A/K/A Mooncrest Ranch, Inc., a Wyoming Corporation Successor By Merger To Rocking M Ranch, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

2. “clear and unambiguous, [we] must enforce the agreement according to its terms without looking beyond the four corners of the contract.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Santana Mendoza v. State · Montano v. State

3. “Consent decrees do not result from a court’s resolution of the merits of a dispute, but rather from a contractual agreement between the parties. Consequently, they should be enforced as a contract in accordance with the parties’ intent. 18A Charles A. Wright, et al., Federal Practice and Procedure: Jurisdiction § 4443 (2d ed. updated 2015); Local No. 93, Intern. Ass’n of Firefighters, AFL-CIO C.L.C. v. City of Cleveland, 478 U.S. 501, 519 , 106 S.Ct. 3063, 3073 , 92 L.Ed.2d 405 (1986); United States v. Northern Colorado Water Conservancy Dist., 608 F.2d 422, 430 (10th Cir. 1979).... [A consent decree] must be construed as it is written. United States v. ITT Continental Baking Co., 420 U.S. 223, 235-37 , 95 S.Ct. 926, 934-35 , 43 L.Ed.2d 148 (1975).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In the Interest of: DJS-Y and APY, Minor Children, CY v. State