Singer v. Singer’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate ·

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

1. “We find the defendants had a contract right to do precisely what they did, namely, compete with the partners of Josaline and Josaline itself “as if there never had been a partnership.” ... Josaline contracted away its right to expect a noncompetitive fiduciary relationship with any of its partners.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lenz v. Associated Inns & Restaurants Co. of America

2. “Partnership is a creature of voluntary agreement. A partnership relationship can be created by oral agreement but proof of the fact of partnership and its terms must be established, by 'clear, unequivocal and decisive' evidence. Oral testimony offered to prove these facts is not given much weight.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Estate of Davenport v. Commissioner