McLinden v. Coco’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In interpreting a written contract the court will attempt to determine the intent of the parties at the time the contract was made as disclosed by the language used to express their rights and duties.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Fifth Third Bank v. Comark, Inc. · UFG, LLC v. Southwest Corp.

2. “When the court finds a contract to be clear in its terms and the intentions of the parties apparent, the court will require the parties to perform consistently with the bargain they made.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Progressive Ins. Co., Inc. v. Bullock

3. “All that is required is reasonable certainty in the terms and conditions 'of the promises made, including by whom and to whom.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Illiana Surgery & Medical Center, LLC v. STG Funding, Inc.