556 So. 2d 1097 - Samara Development Corp. v. Marlow’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 19 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 42 later decisions — most recently December 2012 · most notably Markowitz v. Northeast Land Co. (1990), Martinez v. City of Opa-Locka (1992)
5 federal appellate · 19 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
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 1702 · 15 U.S.C. § 1710 (Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914) · 15 U.S.C. § 1715
Relies on Udall v. Tallman · Environmental Protection Agency v. National Crushed Stone Ass'n · American Paper Institute, Inc. v. American Electric Power Service Corp. · 511 So. 2d 295 - Florida Bar v. Johnson · 482 So. 2d 346 - Wade v. State
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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Contracts that permit the seller to breach virtually at will are viewed as unenforceable because the construction obligation is not an obligation in reality. Thus, for example, a clause that provides for a refund of the buyer’s deposit if the seller is unable to close for any reason within the seller’s control is not acceptable for use under this exemption. Similarly, contracts that directly or indirectly waive the buyer’s right to specific performance are treated as lacking a realistic obligation to construct.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“(a) Sale or lease of lots generally Unless the method of disposition is adopted for the purpose of evasion of this chapter, the provisions of this chapter shall not apply to— (2) the sale or lease of any improved land on which there is a residential, commercial, condominium, or industrial building, or the sale or lease of land under a contract obligating the seller or lessor to erect such a building thereon within a period of two years”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“[I]t is a well-recognized rule of statutory construction that exceptions or provisos should be narrowly and strictly construed.”
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.