Ivey v. Lewis’s Empirical Analysis
1922
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
October 2005
most recently cited
1 federal appellate · 5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Williamson v. Jones · Watson v. Wolff-Goldman Realty Co. · Steinman v. Clinchfield Coal Corp. · Effinger v. Hall · Harrison v. Wallton's Ex'or
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“As a contingent remainderman has no vested interest in the property, he cannot maintain a common law action to recover waste or damages in the nature of waste, but the rights of a contingent remainderman are much more extensive in equity than at law, for, while he will not be allowed to recover damages for that which may not be his, he should be allowed to prevent the destruction of that which may become his.”
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.