Jacobson v. Memmott’s Empirical Analysis
1960
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
November 2018
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Highland Boy Gold Mining Co. v. Strickley · Monetaire Mining Co. v. Columbus Rexall Consol. Mines Co.
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“with the uncertainty of not knowing, nor being able to prove, the extent to which the [easement] will damage his property, because of the difficulties in presaging what might later occur.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“to make a definite designation of it so that the damages to the [landowner] may be ascertained.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“more practical and in conformity with established patterns of law”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.