Marshall-Shaw v. Ford’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Sullivan v. McMillan · State ex rel. American Piano Co. v. Superior Court · Cleveland v. San Antonio Building & Loan Ass'n · 698 So. 2d 254 - Bellsouth Advertising v. SEC. Bank · Harrison Land Dev., Inc. v. R & H HOLDING CO.
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.
“[W]here the commission of a tort results in the unjust enrichment of the defendant at the plaintiff's expense the plaintiff may disregard, or `waive' the tort action, and sue instead on a theoretical and fictitious contract ....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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