Scott v. Cohen’s Empirical Analysis

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4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““When Cohen took his mineral deed, he took it subject to the outstanding deed of trust from Jones to Howell. When the deed of trust was forelosed and the property sold and then reacquired by Jones, the original owner, the after-acquired title to one-half the minerals vested in Cohen. . . . The mineral deed to Cohen was duly recorded and Scott, the subsequent purchaser of the land, had constructive notice of it. Scott took his title subject to Cohen’s prior deed. The court properly held that title to one-half of the oil, gas and other minerals was in Aaron Cohen.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Equitable Royalty Corp. v. Hullet