Bernal v. Loeks’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 43 U.S.C. § 682A
Relies on United Bank of Arizona v. Allyn · State, Department of Highways v. Green · Tanner Companies v. Arizona State Land Department · State, Department of Highways v. Crosby · State v. Alaska Land Title Ass'n
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Although utilities almost invariably are installed and maintained by public entities, this is obviously not true for roadways, especially those that are forged in rural newly developing areas. That the [regulations pertaining to STA easements] did not modify the phrase “street and road purposes” with the word “public,” therefore, evinces a clear intent that such roadways are not limited to those that are publicly built and maintained.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Neal v. Brown“The classification order may provide for rights-of-way over each tract for street and road purposes and for public utilities. If the classification order does not so provide, the right-of-way will be 50 feet along the boundaries of the tract.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Neal v. Brown
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.