In Re Rusin’s Empirical Analysis

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12 state decisions

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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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t]he construction of improvements for a road or roads incidental to the sale or lease of land, to provide access to or within a tract of land of more than one acre owned or controlled by a person. . . . For the purposes of determining jurisdiction, any parcel of land which will be provided access by the road is land involved in the construction of the road. This jurisdiction shall not apply unless the road is to provide access to more than five parcels or is to be more than 800 feet in length. For the purpose of determining the length of a road, the length of all other roads within the tract of land constructed within any continuous period of ten years commencing after the effective date of this rule shall be included.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Secretary, Agency of Natural Resources v. Short · In Re Appeal of S-S Corp./Rooney Housing Developments

2. “a reasonable measure of discretion inheres in the determination of what qualifies as a road”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Appeal of S-S Corp./Rooney Housing Developments · SEC. AGENCY OF NAT. RESOURCES v. Short

3. “land involved in the construction of sizable roads—that is, significant development projects,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. SEC. AGENCY OF NAT. RESOURCES v. Short