State v. Johann’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It is true that condemnation in England’s common law was administrative in nature. 1 Nichols, Law of Eminent Domain § 4.101(1) (Rev. 3rd ed. 1964) . In the United States, such proceedings are generally either judicial or administrative in character, (citations.) The Iowa statute as presently drafted, involving as it does the activity of a district court judge, appears to be a hybrid of the two.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Koss v. City of Cedar Rapids

2. ““[A] party seeking to take land by eminent domain must first satisfy the court that it has been authorized by the legislature to exercise the power, that the statute purporting to grant such authority is constitutional, that the conditions exist under which it was provided that the authority might be exercised, and that the condemning party has complied with the requirements of the statute.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hawkeye Land Company v. Iowa Utilities Board

3. ““Before the chief judge acts upon an application for condemnation filed pursuant to § 472.3, The Code, by selecting a compensation commission pursuant to § 472.4, he must initially make a judicial (or at least quasi-judicial) determination that the application is legally sufficient and the applicant is empowered to condemn.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Koss v. City of Cedar Rapids