Kincaid v. Dess’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
July 2019
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Osterhaus v. Schunk · Stoldt v. City of Toronto · State Ex Rel. Stovall v. Reliance Insurance · Miller v. Westport Ins. Corp. · O'Brien v. Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc.
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“' "An interpretation of a contractual provision should not be reached merely by isolating one particular sentence or provision, but by construing and considering the entire instrument from its four corners. The law favors reasonable interpretations, and results which vitiate the purpose of the terms of the agreement to an absurdity should be avoided.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“When a writing is incorporated by reference, it becomes a part of the contract only so far as to effectuate the specific purpose intended.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“A contract is ambiguous when the words . . . may be understood in two or more ways.”
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.