Top 5 quotes from 1L cases:

1. "This case presents the ordinary man—that problem child of the law—in a most bizarre setting." - Cordas v. Peerless Transp. Co., 27 N.Y.S.2d 198, 199 (City Ct. 1941)

In a contract case regarding a potentially haunted house:

2. "…a very practical problem arises with respect to the discovery of a paranormal phenomenon: “Who you gonna' call?” as the title song to the movie “Ghostbusters” asks. " - Stambovsky v. Ackley, 169 A.D.2d 254, 257, 572 N.Y.S.2d 672, 675 (App. Div. 1991)

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3. "…plaintiff hasn't a ghost of a chance, I am nevertheless moved by the spirit..." - Stambovsky v. Ackley, 169 A.D.2d 254, 256, 572 N.Y.S.2d 672, 675 (App. Div. 1991)

4. "The parties may shout consideration to the housetops, yet, unless consideration is actually present, there is not a legally enforcible contract." - In re Greene, 45 F.2d 428, 430 (S.D.N.Y. 1930)

5. "Although plaintiff's body ignited into a fire ball, he miraculously survived the incident." - Derdiarian v. Felix Contracting Corp., 51 N.Y.2d 308, 313, 414 N.E.2d 666, 669 (1980)