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← 595 SW2D 827 - Buchanan v. Johnson

Buchanan v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

1979

Citation profile

8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
November 1994
most recently cited

4 federal appellate · 2 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on 41 Tenn. App. 347 - Real Estate Management, Inc. v. Giles · 29 Tenn. App. 31 - Smith v. Holt · Love v. Simms's lessee · United States v. Haynes School Dist. No. 8 · Echaide v. Confederation of Canada Life Insurance

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

  1. “The intention and understanding of the parties at the time of making the contract will determine whether the contract is a conditional contract and whether the condition, if such it be, is a condition precedent or a condition subsequent.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “A conditional contract is a contract the very existence and performance of which depends upon the happening of some contingency or condition expressly stated therein.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  3. “if the breach of the agreement pertains to the validity of the instrument or is a ground for forfeiture, it is a condition, while if the remedy for breach is an action at law for damages the agreement is a covenant.”
    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.