48 Va. App. 113 - Black v. Powers’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “if the parties merely sign the contract in one jurisdiction, but, at the time of execution, the parties intend for the contract to be fully performed in another, specific jurisdiction, the law of the place of performance (the lex loci solutionis) will be applied rather than the law of the place where the contract was formally executed.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 753 F. Supp. 2d 597 - Hunter Innovations v. Travelers Indem. Co. of Ct.

2. “It is a long-standing rule in Virginia that '[t]he nature, validity, and interpretation of contracts are governed by the law of the place where [the contract was] made.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 374 F. Supp. 3d 572 - Potter Ins. Agency, Inc. v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co.

3. “the fact that [the wife] may have failed to seek independent legal advice does not negate her opportunity to do so”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Friezo v. Friezo