Murrison v. Fenstermacher’s Empirical Analysis
1949
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
3
states following
December 1964
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Groesbeck v. Seeley · Case v. Dean · Baker v. Kelley · Buty v. Goldfinch · Dingey v. Paxton
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.
““ 'The Legislature is without power to divest of his land, an owner holding by a fee-simple title with nobody else in possession, either directly or indirectly by legislation cutting down the ownership to a mere right of action which will be lost unless asserted within [a] prescribed period.’ ””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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