Dowling v. Lawrence’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Whenever one person misrepresents or conceals a material fact — that is, a fact which is substantially the consideration for the contract, and which is peculiarly within his own knowledge — such transaction will be void on the ground of fraud.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Graton & Knight Co. v. Mayville Shoe Corp.