Ferrell Construction Co. v. Russell Creek Coal Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 22 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 46 later decisions — most recently May 2017 · most notably Tk-7 Corporation v. Estate of Barbouti Ibi Inc (1993), McKissick v. Yuen (2010)
15 federal appellate · 22 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Russell v. Flanagan · Boxberger v. Martin · Panhandle Cooperative Royalty Co. v. Cunningham · Cromwell v. Lewis · Harjo Gravel Co. v. Luke-Dick Co.
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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“No claim is made herein for labor or service performed. It is rather a suit to recover anticipated profits which Ferrell claims it would have realized had Russell not breached the contract. Therefore, neither party will be able to recover an award for attorney fees under 12 O.S.1971, §936 . . . . 15”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“'The construction of an unambiguous contract is a matter of law for the court.!”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“In any civil action to recover on an open account, a statement of account, account stated, note, bill, negotiable instrument, or contract relating to the purchase or sale of goods, wares, or merchandise, or for labor or services, unless otherwise provided by law or the contract which is subject to the action, the prevailing party shall be allowed a reasonable attorney fee to be set by the court, to be taxed and collected as costs.”
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.