97 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 5065, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 8158’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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

1. “where unconscionable injury would result from denying enforcement of the oral contract after one party has been induced by the other seriously to change his position in reliance on the contract.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 753 F. Supp. 2d 1034 - Errico v. Pacific Capital Bank, N.A.

2. “a lawful contract will be enforced even when a collateral agreement is illegal”); Stephens v. Trust for Public Land, 475 F.Supp.2d 1299, 1316 (N.D.Ga.2007) (rule that illegal contracts are void”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 981 F. Supp. 2d 1188 - Smith v. Seaport Marine, Inc.

3. “or else the contract is invalid. Cal. Civ.Code § 1624(a)(7). A party may be estopped, however, from relying on the statute of frauds”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 753 F. Supp. 2d 1034 - Errico v. Pacific Capital Bank, N.A.