Howarth v. Pfeifer’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 district · 25 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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(a) whether the defendant had knowledge, or its equivalent, that the information was desired for a serious purpose and that the plaintiff intended to rely upon it; (b) the foreseeability of harm; (c) the degree of certainty that plaintiff would suffer harm; (d) the directness of causation; and (e) the policy of preventing future harm.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Barber v. National Bank of Alaska · Bank of California, N.A. v. First American Title Insurance Co.

2. “Another aspect of appellee’s argument that should not pass unnoticed is that AS 01.10.010, which makes the common law applicable in Alaska, refers to the common law of England. It should be noted here that we have the common law of the United States now, some of which is over 300 years old. The ancient common law of England is not controlling over the developing common law of our own country. (footnote omitted) Howarth v. Pfeifer, supra, 44 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lembke v. Unke

3. ““The common law is not a rigid and arbitrary code, crystallized and immutable. Rather it is flexible and adapts itself to changing conditions. * * * What may be considered a just disposition of a dispute at one stage of history may not be the same at another stage, considering changing social, economic and other conditions of society.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. S. L. W. v. Alaska Workmen's Compensation Board