621 So. 2d 1 - Scott v. Green’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

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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. “A transaction or compromise is an agreement between two or more persons, who, for preventing or putting an end to a lawsuit, adjust their differences by mutual consent, in the manner which they agree on.... This contract must be either reduced into writing or recited in open court and capable of being transcribed from the record of the proceeding. The agreement recited in open court confers upon each of them the right of judicially enforcing its performance, although its substance may thereafter be written in a more convenient form.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 702 So. 2d 315 - Lavan v. Nowell · 676 So. 2d 1192 - Lavan v. Nowell

2. “Neither party denies that an agreement was reached [Emphasis added]. Defendants are merely arguing that the agreement cannot be enforced because it was not in writing. * * * * * * A plain reading of the statute mandates that either the agreement be in writing or recited in open court. Failing either of these circumstances, the agreement is not enforceable. Id. at 3 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 643 So. 2d 787 - Townsend v. Square

3. “The whole purpose for C.C. 3071's requirement that compromise be in writing is to avoid swapping a new dispute for an old— to avoid the necessity of credibility evaluations. Specifically, the writing requirement aims at avoiding litigation over what the terms of a settlement are. (Emphasis added).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 643 So. 2d 787 - Townsend v. Square