Freeman v. Magnolia Petroleum Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1943
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 63 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 88 later decisions — most recently April 2018 · most notably Rogers v. Ricane Enterprises, Inc. (1989), Clifton v. Koontz (1959)
16 federal appellate · 63 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 Bailey v. Williams · Witherspoon v. Staley · White v. Dennis
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 88 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It is specially agreed that in event oil, gas, sulphur or other minerals, is being produced or is obtained from said premises after the expiration of the primary term hereof and said production shall for any reason cease or terminate, lessee shall have the right at any time within ninety (90) days from the cessation of such production to resume drilling or mining operations in the effort to make said leased premises again produce oil, gas, sulphur or other minerals, in which event this lease shall remain in force so long as such operations are continuously prosecuted, as defined in the preceding paragraph, and if they result in production of oil, gas sulphur or other minerals, so long thereafter as oil, gas, sulphur or other minerals is produced from the premises.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““The answer is found in the language of paragraph 3(b), as follows: ‘3. The royalties to be paid by lessee are: * * * (b) on gas, * * * a royalty of $50.00 per year on each gas well from which gas only is produced while gas therefrom is not sold or used off the premises, and while said royalty is so paid, said well shall be held to be a producing well under paragraph 2 hereof.’ ” (Emphasis supplied.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Greer v. Salmon““Respondents (the Magnolia Petroleum Company) did not pay the fifty dollars royalty on or before April 7, 1940 (the date the primary term ended). They tendered it more than four months thereafter, contending that they could pay it at any time within the year. Petitioners (Freeman and others) declined the tender on the ground that the lease had terminated on April 7, 1940.””
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.