Holm v. C.M.P. Sheet Metal, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis

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6 federal appellate · 2 district · 4 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 52 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) [c]onduct which amounts to a false representation or concealment of material facts, or, at least, which is calculated to convey the impression that the facts are otherwise than, and inconsistent with, those which the party subsequently seeks to assert; (2) intention, or at least expectation, that such conduct will be acted upon by the other party; and, in some situations, knowledge, actual or constructive, of the real facts”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Spinnato v. Unity of Omaha Life Ins. Co. · 316 Ill. App. 3d 416 - Indeck North American Power Fund, L.P. v. Norweb PLC

2. “Ratification is the express or implied adoption of the acts of another by one for whom the other assumes to be acting, but without authority. . . . Ratification relates back [to] and supplies original authority . . . .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Motors Liquidation Co. v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (In re Motors Liquidation Co.) · Chemical Bank v. Affiliated FM Insurance

3. “Th[e] doctrine [of equitable estoppel] precludes a party at law and in equity from denying or asserting the contrary of any material fact which he has induced a party to believe and to act in a particular manner.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 615 F. Supp. 2d 11 - Coggins v. County of Nassau · Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Aniero Concrete Co.