Means v. Clardy’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The notarized Bill of Sale referred to the “attached note” and plaintiffs received the Bill of Sale and note together. It is not clear that the note and the Bill of Sale were not together at the time the Bill of Sale was notarized as well. There is room for reasonable minds to differ as to whether the note and the Bill of Sale formed one notarized document and whether plaintiffs’ injury in not being able to enforce the note is the reasonable and probable consequence of Mr. Gross’ official misconduct.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Means v. Clardy

2. “[A]n unconditional promise or order to pay a fixed amount of money, with or without interest or other charges described in the promise or order, if it: [[Image here]] (c) Does not state any other undertaking or instruction- by the person promising or ordering payment to do any act in addition to the payment of money ...”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 193 So. 3d 13 - OneWest Bank, FSB v. Jose Nunez