Slaymaker v. Peterkin’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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A promise which the promisor should reasonably expect to induce action or forbearance on the part of the promisee or a third person and which does induce such action or forbearance is binding if injustice can be avoided only by enforcement of the promise.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Glover v. Sager · State v. First National Bank of Ketchikan

2. “The parties to a contract may, of course, alter its terms, unless intervening rights are involved.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. R.W. Beck & Assoc. v. City and Borough of Sitka, and Providence Washington Insurance Company v. Western World Insurance Company, Admiral Insurance Company v. Estate of McKinley Nicholas, R.W. Beck & Assoc. v. City and Borough of Sitka, and Providence Washington Insurance Company v. Western World Insurance Company, Admiral Insurance Company v. Estate of McKinley Nicholas · Rw Beck Assoc v. City and Borough of Sitka Providence Washington Insurance Company

3. “[D]uring any calendar quarter no interest may be charged by express agreement of the parties in a [loan] contract [or commitment] which is more than four percentage points above the federal reserve discount rate for the 12th Federal Reserve District that prevailed on the first day of the month preceding the commencement of that calendar quarter. ... 21”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Fikes v. First Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n of Anchorage