Cenac v. Hart’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 640 So. 2d 237 - City of New Orleans v. Board of Com'rs · 530 So. 2d 1151 - Pitre v. Opelousas General Hosp. · 561 So. 2d 482 - Palermo Land Co. v. Planning Com'n of Calcasieu Parish · 663 So. 2d 19 - Morris v. Friedman · Packard Florida Motors Co. v. Malone
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Cause is the reason why a party obligates himself. A party may be obligated by a promise when he knew or should have known that the promise would induce the other party to rely on it to his detriment and the other party was reasonable in so relying. |sRecovery may be limited to the expenses incurred or the damages suffered as a result of the promisee’s reliance on the promise. Reliance on a gratuitous promise made without required formalities is not reasonable.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“based upon, supported by, or relating to a good and valuable consideration, i.e., one which imposes a burden or charge in return for the benefit conferred.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Equitable considerations and estoppel cannot be permitted to prevail when in conflict with the positive written law.”
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.