37 Cal. 2d 856 - Alexander v. Angel’s Empirical Analysis
1951
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 30 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 46 later decisions — most recently August 2011 · most notably 32 Cal. App. 4th 424 - Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Bank of America NT&SA (1995), Hyde v. Hyde (1959)
8 federal appellate · 30 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 Richter v. Walker · Silva v. Providence Hospital of Oakland · Braun v. Crew · Ayoob v. Ayoob · De La Beckwith v. Sheldon
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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Novation is the substitution of a new obligation for an existing one. (Enacted 1872.)” •”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““It is undoubtedly a commonplace in the discussion of novations that the assent of all parties is necessary; and certainly no new debtor can be bound without his assent and no old debtor can be discharged without the creditor’s consent, but broader generalizations may be misleading. Everything depends on the character of the right or duty or both, of which a novation is sought. Various situations should be separately examined.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The question whether a novation has taken place is always one of intention, with the controlling factor being the intent of the obligee to effect a release of the original obligor on his obligation under the original agreement.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.