State v. Riley’s Empirical Analysis
1942
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
June 1967
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on O'Leary v. Wangensteen · Smith v. Benefit Assn. of Railway Employees · Sheffield v. Clifford · Olsen v. Hoffmann · Johnson v. Hegland
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.
““* * * When the inception of the possession is permissive and not hostile or under claim or color of right, it is presumed to so continue and does not ripen into title however long it may continue, unless circumstances or declarations indicate an intent hostile to the true owner.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.