Stevens v. Stevens’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 10 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 19 later decisions — most recently April 2015
2 federal appellate · 10 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Rose v. Council for Better Education, Inc. · Commonwealth Transportation Cabinet Department of Highways v. Taub · Walker v. Keith · Belknap v. Belknap · Munday v. Munday
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“An agreement to agree in the context of leases was discussed in Walker v. Keith, Ky., 382 S.W.2d 198 (1964). The parties in Walker entered into a lease agreement that specified both the term and the monthly rent. The lease contained an option for renewal, which provided that “rent would be fixed in such amounts as shall actually' be agreed upon by the lessors and lessee.” Id. at 199 . In determining whether the provision for renewal was binding, the Court stated that “[t]he degree of certainty is the controlling consideration.” Id. at 200 . The Court also quoted with approval the following passage from Am. Jur.: “[t]he certainty that is required [in renewal provisions] is such as will enable a court to determine what has been agreed upon,” Id. In Walker , the Court held- that the language of the renewal option created an unenforceable agreement to agree due to lack of certainty as to monthly rent, and stated that the subject matter of the case was' not of such an exceptional character as to justify an exercise of the court’s powers of equity. Id. at 201 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Cagata v. Cagata“(3) DAUGHTER’S COLLEGE EDUCATION. HUSBAND hereby declares his intention to provide and pay for a four-year undergraduate college education for Elizabeth, including tuition, books, room, board, and proper related expenses; however, the amount and nature thereof shall hereafter be mutually agreed upon by HUSBAND and Elizabeth.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The requirement of standing is satisfied if it can be said that the plaintiff has a real and substantial interest in the subject matter of the litigation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. J.N.R. v. O'Reilly
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.