Montgomery v. Philadelphia’s Empirical Analysis
1958
Citation profile
16 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 20 later decisions — most recently February 1985
16 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 Hollerbach v. United States · United States v. Atlantic Dredging Co. · Christie v. United States · Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission v. Smith · Luzerne Township v. Fayette County
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ * * * ‘Where borings, test piles, and existing underground and overhead structure locations are shown, they are for the information of the City; their correctness is not guaranteed by the City, and in no event is this information to be considered as a part of the contract. If this information is used by a bidder in preparing his proposal, he must assume all risks resulting from conditions differing from the approximation shown. If bidders desire to obtain such data, the City will afford them the opportunity, at their own expense, to make borings or soundings, to drive test piles, or to dig test pits on the site of the work.’ * * ” Id. at 610, 139 A.2d at 348 . (Emphasis in the opinion.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““ * * * Municipal construction contracts, whose terms are in large part governed by statute, are designed to provide, from the initial bidding to final completion, for as many reasonably foreseeable contingencies as practicable, to forestall any possible collusion between city officials and contractors and to protect public funds against wanton dissipation. * * ” Id. at 616, 139 A.2d at 352 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““ * * * When, as here, written orders of the city engineer for extra work are required by the terms of a municipal contract, the contractor cannot recover for the extra work without compliance with the contractual provisions, and the authorization by subordinates of the designation] official will not constitute a waver of the requirement of a specific written authorization. * * * ””
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.