Bates v. Anderson’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
November 2004
most recently cited
1 district · 9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Poirier v. Hayes · Roy v. Danis · Agway, Inc. v. Ernst · Schiavi v. Goodwin
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“To establish a legally binding agreement between parties, the mutual assent to be bound by all of its material terms must be reflected and manifested either expressly or impliedly in the contract and the contract must be sufficiently definite to enable a court to determine its exact meaning and fix any legal liability of the parties.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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