WITHERS v. Reed’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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. “sound reason for the rule is found in the fact that as a matter of public policy it is necessary to preserve public rights, revenues and property from injury and loss by the negligence of public officers.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Corvallis Sand & Gravel Co. v. State Land Board

2. “founded upon the legal fiction expressed in the maxim, `nullum tempus occurrit regi',”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Corvallis Sand & Gravel Co. v. State Land Board