Tong v. Feldman’s Empirical Analysis
1927
Citation profile
68 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 72 later decisions — most recently January 2018 · most notably Chevy Chase Land Co. v. United States (1999), 100 Md. App. 144 - Beck v. Mangels (1994)
68 state decisions — followed in 14 states
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 Cumberland Glass Manufacturing Co. v. DeWitt · Lucke v. Clothing Cutters & Trimmers' Assembly No. 7507 · Hammond v. Hammond · Sumwalt Ice & Coal Co. v. Knickerbocker Ice Co. · Milske v. Steiner Mantel Co.
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 72 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“There have been many decisions upon changes made or attempted by owners of easements in the enjoyment of them, and as with discussions on other questions in the law of easements, the theories and principles stated have not been uniform. Of course, a restriction in a grant or an express reservation must be given effect to its full extent, properly construed. But there is nothing in the nature of a right reserved or an easement, apart from an express prohibition, which prevents all change during the course of its enjoyment. (Emphasis added). Although Maryland courts have had occasion to decide”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“materially interfere with [the defendant's] reasonable enjoyment of the cellar, in which they are located.”
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.