Carlson v. Bain’s Empirical Analysis
1947
Citation profile
6 district · 25 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 33 later decisions — most recently May 2009 · most notably L.U. Cattle Co. v. Wilson (1986), Sheffield Services Co. v. Trowbridge (2009)
6 district · 25 state decisions
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 Anvil Mining Co. v. Humble · Twyman v. Roell · Anvil Min Co v. Humble · Rogers v. McGuffey · Boyle v. Bay
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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““We have said that 'Under the authorities, to create a valid contract of lease but few points of mutual agreement are necessary; First, there must be a definite agreement as to the extent and bounds of the property leased; second, a definite and agreed term; and, third, a definite and agreed price of rental, and the time and manner of payment. These appear to be the only essentials * * *.’ Cochrane v. Justice Mining Co., 16 Colo, 415, 418, 26 P. 780 .””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““. . . The true rule for determining the special damages here is the difference between the rent reserved and the value of the crop and other probable income less the necessary expense in cultivating, planting, harvesting and marketing the crop, and less any expense incurred in producing other income in any other activity in contemplation of the parties.” (pp. 532, 533.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Rockey v. Bacon“all expenses incurred in the operation of the ranch, as well as the uncertainties of weather, danger of grasshoppers and other similar casualties.”
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.