Consolidated Grain & Barge Co. v. Madgett’s Empirical Analysis
928 F.2d 816 · 1991
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
January 2003
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jenks v. Jenks · Ohio Calculating, Inc. v. CPT Corp.
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“This letter creates merely an agreement to negotiate in good faith. Under Minnesota law, such an agreement is unenforceable where the agreement evidences nothing more than an intention to negotiate in the future.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“an agreement to negotiate is unenforceable”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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