Klein v. Dove’s Empirical Analysis
1954
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 2 district · 65 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 75 later decisions — most recently April 2013 · most notably Rocks v. Brosius (1966), Chevy Chase Land Co. v. United States (1999)
8 federal appellate · 2 district · 65 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Canton Co. v. Mayor of Baltimore · Hawley v. Mayor of Baltimore · Beach v. North Chesapeake Beach Land & Improvement Co. · Lichtenberg v. Sachs · Oberheim v. Reeside
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 75 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Regardless of the absence of any such legend as ‘community beach’ on the lake area, there is no readily perceptible reason for the ten-foot right of way between what appears to be the main road of the development and the lake area except to give the owners or occupants of interior lots on this waterfornt [sic] development access to boating, bathing, swimming and fishing.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The Streets and Roads laid out on this Plat of 'Wild Rose Shores’ are not dedicated to the Public or to the Public Use, but the ownership and control thereof are specifically reserved by the owner, Gertrude L. Reed, her heirs and assigns, for the exclusive and mutual use and benefit of the owners of the lots abutting on said Streets and Roads. Subject, however, to the further condition that the Roadway from Line 'A' running in a southwest and southerly direction to the shore of South River, together with the Pier or Dock (all as shown on said Plat) are not dedicated to the Public or to the Public use, or to any lot owner or owners, but are reserved exclusively by and to the said owner, Gertrude L. Reed, her heirs and assigns, for such use or uses as she or they may subsequently determine.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““The relief sought was against the defendants, and we believe that an effective decree can be, and was, entered without the joinder of the holder of that record title. Construing the decree, as we do, in accordance with the objectives stated in the bill of complaint, as determining rights and obligations only as between the plaintiffs and the defendants, and not as determinative of or as impairing any rights of the record title holder, we regard that person as only a formal or nominal party, and hence the record title holder need not have been joined as a party. Miller, Equity Procedure, Section 25.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Rocks v. Brosius
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.