Hollars v. Randall’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Anderson v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. · 95 Ill. App. 3d 501 - Arnold v. Leahy Home Building Co. · Donavan v. Ivy Knoll Apartments Partnership · Lewandowski v. Beverly · North v. Newlin
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“if the provision were truly for liquidated damages, the Hollars would have had an adequate remedy at law and would not have been entitled to specific performance.” Id. at 1179 n. 1. We do not think that the court meant by this footnote to announce a rule contrary to Duckwall, supra. The court assumes that the parties would have intended that a”
3 later decisions 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.