Schneider v. Eckhoff’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 8 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““[I]f it had been the intention of the original owners to exclude all business, such intention could easily and readily have been expressed. At most, it may be said that the language used in the restriction is doubtful in its meaning, and in such a case all doubt, under the general rule, should be resolved in favor of the free use thereof for all lawful purposes by the owner of the fee. See numerous cases cited and digested in the annotations in 18 A.L.R. 451 .” (at 555-56)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 94 Wis. 2d 421 - Crowley v. Knapp

2. “' “The serious question involved on this branch of the case consists of whether or not the evidence warrants the conclusion that the original grantors adopted a general plan or scheme which was designed not only for the benefit of the grantor’s remaining property but also for the benefit of the various grantees of the lots or parcels sold and their successors or assigns.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Burden v. Doucette