Busching v. Griffin’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
28 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 28 later decisions — most recently March 2001 · most notably Grantham v. Dept. of Corrections (1988), 542 So. 2d 860 - Busching v. Griffin (1989)
28 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Kidd v. Early · 457 So. 2d 941 - Dennis v. Searle · Stanton & Associates v. Bryant Const. Co. · 223 Cal. App. 2d 283 - Burrow v. Timmsen · 460 So. 2d 786 - Smith v. First Federal Sav. & Loan Ass'n
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] motion to dismiss under M.R.C.P. 12(b)(6) tests the legal sufficiency of the complaint... . [T]o grant this motion there must appear to a certainty that the plaintiff is entitled to no relief under any set of facts that could be proved in support of the claim.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage“Determination that an agreement is sufficiently definite is favored in the courts, so as to carry out the reasonable intention of the parties if it can be ascertained. A contract is sufficiently definite if it contains matter which would enable the court under proper rules of construction to ascertain its terms, including consideration of the general circumstances of the parties and if necessary relevant extrinsic evidence. Having found a contract to have been made, an agreement should not be frustrated where it is possible to reach a reasonable and fair result. [citations omitted]”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“4. Purchase Price. The total purchase price for the property described shall be $50,000 to be paid by Busching if this option is exercised, the terms of such sale will be provided in an agreement to be exercised between Griffin and Busching. The sum paid for this option shall be credited on account of the cash payment to be made on the closing as will be provided in the agreement.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.