Wilson v. Newman’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. “can demonstrate a change of position or detrimental reliance as a consequence of having received the mistaken payment.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co. v. Buckallew

2. “payment made under a mistake of fact can be recovered even if the mistake could have been avoided by the payor.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co. v. Buckallew