Makar v. Stewart’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A partner owes a fiduciary duty to the partnership and to his partners. He may not conduct any activity, for himself or on behalf of a third person, that is contrary to his fiduciary duty and is prejudicial to the partnership. If he does so, he must account to the partnership and to his partners for the resulting profits.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 535 So. 2d 375 - Dupuis v. Becnel Co.

2. “A partner who acts in good faith for the partnership may be a creditor of the partnership for sums he disburses, obligations he incurs, and losses he sustains thereby.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 535 So. 2d 375 - Dupuis v. Becnel Co.

3. “Each partner owes the partnership all that he has agreed to contribute to it.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 535 So. 2d 375 - Dupuis v. Becnel Co.