Becker v. Murtagh’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate ·

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

1. “party asserting the adverse possession claim must come forward with affirmative facts to establish that the use of the property was under a claim of right and adverse to the interests of the true owners.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jaffer v. Hirji

2. “there is a close and cooperative relationship between the record owner and the person claiming title through adverse possession ....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jaffer v. Hirji

3. “(1) hostile and under claim of right; (2) actual; (3) open and notorious; (4) exclusive; and (5) continuous for the required period”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jaffer v. Hirji