Doolittle v. Plenz’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 16 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““A party purchasing a building within four months from the time of its completion, or after repairs have been made upon it, takes it subject to any legitimate claim against it for erecting or repairing the same. The law is notice to every one that such lien may be filed, and it behooves a party purchasing the premises to see that all such claims are satisfied or secured; and no person can be a bona fide purchaser as against such liens by simply taking a deed from the owner of the fee. The defendants named, therefore, by purchasing the premises in controversy did not acquire any greater rights than were possessed by Gee.” Doolittle v. Plenz, 16 Neb. 153 ( 20 N. W. 116 ).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Courtney v. President, Etc., of Insurance · McCoy v. Cook