Wright v. Michaud’s Empirical Analysis
1964
Citation profile
2 district · 48 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 50 later decisions — most recently September 1991 · most notably Portland Pipe Line Corp. v. Environmental Improvement Commission (1973), Frost v. Lucey (1967)
2 district · 48 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 Berman v. Parker · Welch v. Swasey · York Harbor Village Corp. v. Libby · Toulouse v. Board of Zoning Adjustment · State v. Robb
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 50 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““In considering the provisions of a comprehensive zoning ordinance the legislative body may take into consideration the nature and character of the community and of its proposed zone districts, the nature and trend of the growth of the community and that of surrounding municipalities, the areas of undeveloped property and such other factors that necessarily enter into a reasonable and well-balanced zoning ordinance.” Wright v. Michaud, supra, 160 Me. at 173 , 200 A.2d at 548 .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“"Such a structure, however elaborately it may be constructed or equipped does not lose its appearance as a mobilehome by becoming affixed to the realty. Due to the necessity of travel upon the highways to its point of destination it will necessarily have a limited width.... It is common knowledge that such a structure, however elaborately built or landscaped, is often detrimental to surrounding property.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““. . . as an integral part of a comprehensive plan for municipal development and promotion of the health, safety, and general welfare of its inhabitants. The geography, the economic and industrial development, the residential necessities, the nature and extent of residential, business and industrial growth of one municipality may be entirely different from those in another municipality.” Wright v. Michaud, 160 Me. 164, 168 , 200 A.2d 543, 545-546 (1964).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.