Pyle v. Wolf Corporation’s Empirical Analysis
1972
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 15 later decisions — most recently June 2002
3 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Difronzo v. United States · Gideon v. Cochran · Soblen v. United States · Teodore Dorotee Autera v. Manuel Dudley Robinson, Anthony C. Autera v. Manuel Dudley Robinson · United States v. Provident National Bank
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The evidence may be convincing that the parties intend to reduce their already consummated contract to writing as a mere 'memorial' thereof and not as their only operative expression of assent. In such a case, the contract is valid even though they try and fail to agree upon the form and terms of the memorial. A letter of confirmation may omit a term previously agreed on or may include a new and different term that now seems desirable. The other party may then try his hand and prepare a confirmation to which the first party will not assent. The result may be that there is no confirmation and no 'memorial.' Afterthoughts cannot be brought into the contract except by mutual assent; and the informal contract stands as made.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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