Crompton v. Beedle’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 federal appellate · 45 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 54 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Where one has full information and represents that he has, if he discloses a part of his information only, and by words or conduct leads the one with whom he contracts to believe that he has made a full disclosure and does this with intent to deceive and overreach and to prevent investigation, he is guilty of fraud against which equity will relieve, if his words and conduct in consequence of reliance upon them bring about the result which he desires.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Sarvis v. Vermont State Colleges · Cushman v. Kirby

2. ““The question in this case is, whether the intelligence of extrinsic circumstances, which might influence the price of the commodity, and which was exclusively within the knowledge of the vendee, ought to have been communicated by him to the vendor? The court is of opinion that he was not bound to communicate it. It would be difficult to circumscribe the contrary doctrine within proper limits, where the means of intelligence are equally accessible to both parties. But at the same time, each party must take care not to say or do any thing tending to impose upon the other.” Laidlaw v. Organ, 2 Wheat. (U. S.) 178.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Long v. Krause

3. “actively attempted to ensnare, and * * [had] in fact ensnared, the vendor into the making of an unconscionable contract.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Mallory v. Citizens Utilities Co.