Avery v. Howell’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. ““Ordinarily a real-estate broker has earned his commission when he has produced a customer with whom his principal enters into an enforceable contract for the sale of the land, although the title does not actually pass. After the principal has entered into such a contract, not being induced thereto by any deceit on the part of the broker, he can not avoid liability for a commission by showing the inability of the buyer to carry out his agreement.” (Syl. ¶ 1.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ingalls v. Smith