Riley v. St. Germain’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
June 2019
most recently cited
1 district · 9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Bourg v. Bristol Boat Co. · Smith v. Boyd · Wells v. Uvex Winter Optical, Inc. · Rhode Island Turnpike & Bridge Authority v. Bethlehem Steel Corp. · Kottis v. Cerilli
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is well settled that a court may award damages for breach of contract to place the injured party in as good a position as if the parties fully performed the contract.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.