Burkhart v. Lillehaug’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Except where the location and dimensions are determined by instrument or circumstances surrounding creation of a servitude, they are determined as follows: [[Image here]] (3) Unless expressly denied by the terms of an easement, as defined in § 1.2, the owner of the servient estate is entitled to make reasonable changes in the location or dimensions of an easement, at the servient owner’s expense, to permit normal use or development of the servient estate, but only if the changes do not (a) significantly lessen the utility of the easement; (b) increase the burdens on the owner of the easement in its use and enjoyment; or (c) frustrate the purpose for which the easement was created.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Stanga v. Husman