Duncan v. G.E.W., Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 3 district · 8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 20 later decisions — most recently September 2023
3 federal appellate · 3 district · 8 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 Gilbert v. First National Bank of Jackson · Fountain v. Filson · Potter Instrument Co. v. Storage Technology Corp. · F. B. Fountain Co. v. Stein · Barcon Associates, Inc. v. Tri-County Asphalt Corp.
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a regression to the days when hypertechnical legal arguments were relied upon to prevent fair and just results. We believe a more worthy result is one that fulfills the commercial expectations of the parties and avoids unconscionable hardship. The real estate community, however, may rest as sured that lease options remain enforceable, and that as a general rule they will be strictly enforced according to their terms. We emphasize that equitable relief from the strict terms of a renewal or purchase option is the rare exception to this rule.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the failure to give the required notice was the result of an honest mistake, and not mere neglect.”
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.