Gardner v. Bean’s Empirical Analysis

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2 district · 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “40 Moreover, the State's motion for contribution is not ripe. As the probate court noted in its denial of this motion, Utah law recognizes contribution as "the process by which one person obtains reimbursement from another for a proportionate share of an obligation paid by the first person but for which they are both liable.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. DLB Collection Trust Ex Rel. Helgesen & Waterfall v. Harris · 186 Wis. 2d 472 - Kafka v. Pope

2. “'[w]here there are two or more sureties for the same principal debtor, and for the same debt or obligation, whether on the same or on different instruments, and one of them has actually paid or satisfied more than his proportionate share of the debt or obligation, he is entitled to a contribution from each and all of his .co-sureties '”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 194 Wis. 2d 234 - Kafka v. Pope

3. “presumes the payment and extinguishment of the debt by one for the benefit of all.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Shurtleff v. United Effort Plan Trust