In Re Spencer’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
September 2003
most recently cited
3 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Cocke v. Conquest · Smith v. Moody · Silvers v. Welch · Posey v. Bass · Cheswick v. Freeman
Most-quoted passages
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“question of rural or urban character is one of fact”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. James Neal Blakeman, as of the Estate of C.E. Blakeman, Deceased, Robert Earl Blakeman and Karen A. Whaley, Defendants-Appellees-Cross- and Cross-Appellees, Ridglea Bank v. Maudine Blakeman, Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant · United States v. Blakeman Ce a Ridglea Bank“If these tracts were located nowhere near a developed city and did not themselves have the incidents of a city, they would in all likelihood enjoy a characterization as rural property if for no other reason than that they could not be classified as urban property.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In Re Mitchell“To constitute a rural homestead the land must be used for a residence and the balance of the tract for the support of the family.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In Re Mitchell
How this case has been treated — in progress
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