Chambers v. Pingree’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Champion was not required to show the loan would have closed “but for” the prevention of the condition. It is sufficient for the plaintiff to present evidence that the defendant’s prevention ‘substantially contributed’ to the nonoccurrence of the condition.... Once he has made such proof, the burden shifts to the defendant. If the defendant can show that the condition would not have occurred regardless of the prevention, then the prevention did not contrib ute materially to its nonoccurrence and the condition is not excused.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. The Huffines Co., LLC v. Lockhart

2. “It is equally well settled that the broker and owner “may make such a contract for the broker’s services as is agreeable to them, and may make the payment of the broker’s commission dependent upon the full performance of the contract of purchase or sale, or postpone the payment of the commission, or make the broker’s right to the commission contingent upon the happening of future events.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Springs and Davenport, Inc. v. Aag, Inc.