Dickinson v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 16 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““A void contract for the sale of lands is sometimes said to be made valid by acts in part performance: Davis v. Strobridge, 44 Mich. 157 ; but by this is commonly only meant that one party by suffering the other to take action under and in reliance upon it as if it were valid, without notifying him of any purpose to insist upon its invalidity, thereby establishes against [himself] certain equities in respect to the contract which may be so strong in some cases as to justify a court of equity in enforcing it against him specifically, as if it were and had been from the first without defect.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Harrison v. Eassom

2. ““But if he had notice of the suit and of the process of injunction, as it seems that he did, his position as a bona fide purchaser could not constitute full protection. He had as yet no deed, and he had only paid the purchase price in part; and at most, therefore, he would be protected only to the extent of such payments. Warner v. Whittaker, 6 Mich. 133 ( 72 Am. Dec. 65 ) ; Blanchard v. Tyler, 12 Mich. 339 ( 86 Am. Dec. 57 ).””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wiles v. Shaffer

3. ““ This contract approved. William F. Dickinson.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wright v. Dickinson