No. 94-1579’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 district · 1 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “established rule that land grants are construed favorably to the Government, that nothing passes except what is conveyed in clear language, and that if there are doubts they are resolved for the Government, not against it”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Amoco Production Co. v. Southern Ute Indian Tribe

2. “a reservation to the United States of all coal in said lands, and the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the same.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Amoco Production Co. v. Southern Ute Indian Tribe

3. “mine coal for use on the land for domestic purposes prior to the disposal by the United States of the coal deposit.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Amoco Production Co. v. Southern Ute Indian Tribe