Halsell v. Ferguson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

34 state decisions

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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Wherever 50 per cent.' or over of the lots on any street or avenue in the residence sections of the'town of Highland Park have been improved and the building line of said residences on said street or avenue made permanent, all buildings hereafter erected on adjoining lots shall keep the front building line of any such building at the average distance back from the front line as those already built, so that the same shall conform to the permanent building line observed by 50 per cent, or over of the improved lots on said street or avenue: Provided, further, that any building hereafter erected in any block on any street or avenue in the residence section of the city must have its front building line at the average back from the street as the front line of the buildings already built in such block.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hall v. Stevens

2. ““Coming within the police power, appellants have to submit to these regulations, without regard to compensation." (Id., emphasis supplied)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Carter v. Lee