Greenberg v. Dowdy’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
March 2005
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Murphy v. Carron · Ware v. Ware · Merz v. First National Bank of Franklin County · Four-Three-O-Six Duncan Corp. v. Security Trust Co. · State v. Woods
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Several instruments made at the same time, and relating to the same subject matter may be read together as one contract. This rule is employed only for the purpose of giving effect to the intention of the parties and is not applied arbitrarily and without regard to the realities of the situation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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