Barnes v. Sabron’s Empirical Analysis
1875
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 38 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 51 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently November 2006 · most notably State of Wyoming v. State of Colorado (1922), Nevada Ditch Co. v. Bennett (1896)
5 federal appellate · 38 state decisions — followed in 13 states
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Basey v. Gallagher · Atchison v. Peterson · Hidden v. Jordan · In re Estate of Griffith · Parker v. Griswold
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 51 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The rule of law is that in cases for the diversion of water, where there is a clear violation of a right, and equitable relief is prayed for, it is not necessary to show actual damage. Every violation of a right imports damage. And this principle is applied whenever the act done is of such a nature as that, by its repetition or continuance, it may become the foundation of an adverse right.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““We think the rule is well settled, upon reason and authority, that, if the first appropriator only appropriates a part of the waters of a stream for a certain period of time, any other person or persons may not only appropriate a part or the whole of the residue, and acquire a right thereto as perfect as the first appropriator, but may also acquire a right to the quantity of water used by the first appropriator at such times as not needed or used by him. In other words, if plaintiff only appropriated the water during certain days in the week, or during a certain number of days in a month, then the defendants would be entitled to its use in the other days of the week, or the other days in the month.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Rodgers v. Pitt““ To tliis land he (plaintiff) has the beneficial estate or interest, as well as the possession, and as such equitable owner and actual possessor is entitled to enjoy all tlie incidents to the land (a water right) and its ownership, as well as the land itself,””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.