Whitaker v. Brunner’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 26 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on INS Investigations Bureau, Inc. v. Lee · Abbey Villas Development Corp. v. Site Contractors, Inc. · Gilliana v. Paniaguas · Nationscredit Commercial Corp. v. Grauel Enterprises, Inc. · Greco v. KMA Auto Exchange, Inc.
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The unambiguous language of a contract is conclusive upon the parties to the contract and upon the courts.”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage“'exert control over property' means to obtain, take, carry, drive, lead away, conceal, abandon, sell, convey, encumber, or possess property, or to secure, transfer, or extend a right to property.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[al person who knowingly or intentionally exerts unauthorized control over property of another person commits criminal conversion, a Class A misdemeanor.”
2 later decisions 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.