Knudtson v. Trainor’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
32 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 32 later decisions — most recently May 2009 · most notably Boyles v. Hausmann (1994), Latenser v. Intercessors of the Lamb, Inc. (1996)
32 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 J. T. Hobby & Son, Inc. v. Family Homes of Wake County, Inc. · Berger v. State · 94 Wis. 2d 421 - Crowley v. Knapp · Jernigan v. Capps · Costley v. Caromin House, Inc.
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““No lot shall be used except for residential purposes. No building shall be erected, altered, placed or permitted to remain on any lot other than one detached single family dwelling not to exceed two and one-half stories in height, and a private garage.” (Emphasis added.) Id. at 654-55 , 345 N.W.2d at 5 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“covenants which restrict the use of land are not favored by the law, and, if ambiguous, they should be construed in a manner which allows the maximum unrestricted use of the property”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“a permanent residence intended to allow [the] ... women to lead fuller and more normalized lives in the community than would be possible in an institution.”
1 later decision 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.