Davidson v. Barstad’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A contract condition is the subsequent occurrence of a specific uncertain act, event, or circumstance.... A condition precedent to contract formation is a specific condition, usually an extraneous event or circumstance or third-party act, the occurrence upon which the reciprocal promises constituting the contract consideration depend.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Kalispell Aircraft Co. v. Patterson

2. “The failure or non-satisfaction of a condition precedent to contract formation renders the contemplated contract non-existent as never formed and thus non-binding and unenforceable.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Kalispell Aircraft Co. v. Patterson

3. “defeats the essential purpose of the contract.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Draggin' Y Cattle Co. v. Junkermier, Clark, Campanella, Stevens, P.C.