Desy v. Rhue’s Empirical Analysis

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2 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A manifestation of willingness to- enter into a bargain is not an offer' if the person to whom it is addressed knows- or has reason to know that the person making it does not intend to conclude a bargain until he has made a further manifestation of assent.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Great Lakes Communication Corp. v. AT&T Corp. · 139 F. Supp. 2d 1071 - Schaller Telephone Co. v. Golden Sky Systems, Inc.

2. “Were we to find that there had been agreement and that title had passed under these facts, we would be imposing much too heavy a burden on anyone who proposes to be bound by a contract. It is one thing for an agreement between two equally informed parties working together on preliminary matters to ripen into an enforceable contract, for which Appellees cite Severson v. Elberon Elevator, Inc., 250 N.W.2d 417, 420 (Iowa 1977); it is quite another to impose a contract when the supposed offeror has not seen the offer and both parties and the agreement itself indicate that there mil be no binding contract until it is signed and finally accepted.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 139 F. Supp. 2d 1071 - Schaller Telephone Co. v. Golden Sky Systems, Inc.