Avis v. Anderson’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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

1. “Although parol evidence is inadmissible to vary terms of a written contract, when the terms of a written contract are susceptible to more than one interpretation, or there is uncertainty or ambiguity as to its provisions, or the intent of the parties cannot be ascertained from the language employed, parol evidence is admissible to clarify the ambiguity and to show the intent of the parties.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Patterson v. City of New Orleans

2. “the words of a contract are clear and explicit and lead to no absurd consequences, no further interpretation may be made in search of the parties' intent”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Patterson v. City of New Orleans

3. “A doubtful [contract] provision must be interpreted in light of ... the conduct of the parties before and after the formation of the contract.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Patterson v. City of New Orleans