49 N.C. App. 650 - Oakley v. Little’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
22 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 30 later decisions — most recently May 2002 · most notably Ala Inc v. Ccair Inc Ala H (1994), 149 N.C. App. 38 - Neugent v. Beroth Oil Co. (2002)
22 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 341 F. Supp. 26 - In Re Flying W Airways, Inc. · Dr. Werner Oswald v. Jane B. Allen
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A contract for the sale of securities is not enforceable by way of action or defense unless (a) there is some writing signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought or by his authorized agent or broker sufficient to indicate that a contract has been made for sale of a stated quantity of described securities at a defined or stated price; . . .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Where writings only represent negotiations for agreements to be made in the future the courts have held under U.C.C. Sec. 2-201 that they were not binding contracts.... [P]laintiff's exhibits are insufficient to show a contract for the sale of the stock [under Sec. 8-319(a) ], because they merely represent tentative negotiations.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The insurance policy simply shows that some step was taken toward agreement. It does not show that plaintiff and defendant had entered into a binding contract. Protective measures such as taking out term insurance on the life of a debtor may often be taken by a noteholder prior to a final agreement on the transaction.”
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.