Weidman v. Tomaselli’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 16 later decisions — most recently November 2010
8 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.
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“That a contract benefits a party does not render the contract void, even if the terms are harsh. Also, the law attaches no onus to any party which takes full advantage of the strengths of his bargaining position. Further, at common law, the offeror is master of his offer, and may decide his own terms and conditions. Whether the terms are harsh, "unfair," disliked by the offeree, or disparaged by acquaintances to whom the offeree turns for comforting words of agreement with his opinion of the offeror, the offeror is supreme. The alternatives of the offeree are to make a counter-offer and to reject the offer.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Butler v. Lembeck“There is no relationship between the amount allegedly due and the outcome of the civil action. Similarly, there is no relationship between the amount allegedly due and the attorney's services performed. A petitioner's attorney could draw the one paper required to commence a civil action and be eligible for a fee. Any such attorney's fees are without a rational basis, contrary to attorneys' professional obligations under DR 2-106 of the Code of Professional Responsibility.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Butler v. Lembeck“[I] n the event that the tenant defaults with respect to any of the covenants of this lease, the tenant agrees to pay forthwith as additional rent to the landlord $100.00 attorney's fees, plus court costs and disbursements, in the (sic) connection with any action or proceeding instituted by the landlord against the tenant by reason of such default said amount shall be due and payable upon the commencement of any proceedings.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Butler v. Lembeck
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.