Liss v. Studeny’s Empirical Analysis

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6 federal appellate · 20 district · 15 state decisions

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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.

1. “[w]hile a party does not recover on the contract itself under quantum meruit, a court may look to the terms of the underlying contract to help determine appropriate recovery under quantum meruit.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 368 F. Supp. 3d 211 - Arabian Support & Servs. Co. v. Textron Sys. Corp. · 95 Mass. App. Ct. 202 - Chang v. Winklevoss

2. “As a general rule, the court will not grant quantum meruit recovery arising from a contingent fee contract where the contingency has not occurred.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Arabian Support & Serv. Co. v. Textron Systems Corporation · 368 F. Supp. 3d 211 - Arabian Support & Servs. Co. v. Textron Sys. Corp.

3. “Every contract is subject to an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. The purpose of the covenant “is to guarantee that the parties remain faithful to the intended and agreed expectations” of the contract, and to ensure that “neither party shall do anything that will have the effect of destroying or injuring the right of the other party to receive the fruits of the contract.” The covenant “may not ... be invoked to create rights and duties not otherwise provided for in the existing contractual relationship.” “The scope of the covenant is only as broad as the contract that governs the particular relationship.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Laudani v. Tribeca Lending Corp. (In Re Laudani)