Evans v. Dugan’s Empirical Analysis

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4 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"Plaintiff, as a riparian proprietor, has no right to appropriate to his exclusive use the shore of Lake Bistineau lying in front of his land, nor has he any private property right in the use thereof, which is public and under the administration and control of the state agencies designated in the legislative acts. Unless manifestly abused, the discretion of the Lake Bistineau State Game and Fish Commission and Department of Conservation in determining what are suitable and needed facilities to promote the public use and enjoyment of the area embraced within the Preserve is not a proper subject for judicial control or interference. The authority of the Commission and the Department of Conservation in this respect is not restricted by Article 455 of the Civil Code which declares that "the use of the banks of navigable rivers or streams is public," and that "accordingly every one has a right freely to bring his vessels to land there," etc. This general right must yield to the specific right granted the Lake Bistineau State Game and Fish Commission and the Department of Conservation to control and supervise the territory embraced within the Lake Bistineau State Game and Fish Preserve as established by Act No. 43 of 1930 and Act No. 64 of 1942. Whatever incidental damage may result to plaintiff or to other proprietors of lands bordering on the shore of the lake within the Preserve from the exercise by the designated agencies of their right to control and supervise the Preserve is ”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 387 So. 2d 54 - Baloney v. Carter