Davis v. Wickline’s Empirical Analysis
1964
Citation profile
11 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 13 later decisions — most recently June 2019
11 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 Dickey v. Philadelphia Minit-Man Corp. · Weil v. Ann Lewis Shops, Inc. · Jenkins v. Rose's 5, 10 & 25c Stores, Inc. · Stonegap Colliery Co. v. Kelly & Vicars · Parrish v. Robertson
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A] breach of covenant [in a lease] to sustain forfeiture is construed strictly against forfeiture.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“If, at any time during the term of this lease or any renewal or extension thereof, Tenant or any of its subtenants, through no fault or neglect on their part, are unable to obtain any license or permit required by law or municipal ordinance for the storage and sale of gasoline or other petroleum products or by-products or other motor fuel, on said premises, or if any existing license or permit shall be cancelled or revoked, or if Tenant is prevented by operation of law or enjoined from using said premises, or any part thereof for the storage and sale of gasoline or other petroleum products or byproducts or other motor fuel Tenant shall have the right, at its option, to terminate this lease on thirty (30) days notice to the Landlord.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.