Burns v. Bastien’s Empirical Analysis
1935
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 56 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 64 later decisions — most recently October 1993 · most notably 7 Cal. 3d 473 - Willard v. First Church of Christ, Scientist (1972), Shellman v. Shellman (1938)
8 federal appellate · 56 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 Herring v. Commissioner · Rich v. Doneghey · Chicago St Ry Co v. Des Moines Union Ry Co Des Moines Union Ry Co · Barker v. Campbell-Ratcliff Land Co. · Woodworth v. Franklin
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 64 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ . . . reserving an undivided three-fourth interest in and to all of the royalties of oil and gas under and pertaining to said premises, which said reservation of royalty shall belong to George Bastien, Charles Bastien, and E. E. Mead, share and share alike.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Carroll v. Bowen · Hinkle v. Gauntt“"As a general rule, a reservation or exception in a deed may not be made in favor of a stranger or one not a party to the instrument, but it may, when so intended, operate as an exception to the grant."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Bryan v. Everett · Lahman v. Bassel“"Every estate in land which shall be granted, conveyed or demised by deed or will shall be deemed an estate in fee simple and of inheritance, unless limited by express words."”
2 later decisions 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.