Dexter v. . Norton’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 federal appellate · 1 district · 76 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 84 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The reason given for the rule is because, from the nature of the contract, it is apparent that the parties contracted on the basis of the continued existence of the particular person or thing.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Nicol v. Fitch · Opera Company of Boston Inc v. Wolf Trap Foundation for Performing Arts

2. ““But there are a variety of cases where the courts have implied a condition in the contract itself, the effect of which was to relieve the party when the performance had, without his fault, become impossible; and the apparent confusion in the authorities has grown out of the difficulty in determining in a given case whether the implication of a condition should be applied or not, and also in some cases in placing the decision upon a wrong basis. The relief afforded to the party in the cases referred to is not based upon exceptions to the general rule, but upon the construction of the contract.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lewis Foundry & Machine Co. v. Cayuga Tool Steel Co.

3. “The plaintiff would not have been obliged to accept any other cotton than the bales specified in the bought note.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Northern Irr. Co. v. Dodd