Lasyone v. Emerson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 federal appellate · 8 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ ‘It is covenanted and agreed, and the vendor and vendee do by these presents covenant and agree, that the Vendee shall have the use, without rental, of the lower story of the two story brick building situated on said property, to assume the upkeep, repairs and improvements of said lower story as needed and as may be necessary for the operation of said business; to extend said lower story, without interference or hindrance to the second story of said building, back on said lot to a distance of One Hundred feet which extended portion of said lower story shall be the individual property of said vendee. “ ‘It is also covenanted and agreed, and vendor and vendee do by these presents covenant and agree, that the use, without rental, of the second story of said building shall be retained in the Vendor, who shall have the use of same for himself, or to lease, and to maintain the upkeep, repairs and improvements of same. “ ‘The first or lower story of said building is understood to include from the ground to the second floor and the second story is understood to include from the second floor to the roof inclusive. “ ‘The vendor also retains the stairway which is to remain intact and kept as means of ingress and egress to second story.’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. United States Daughters of 1812-Chalmette Chapter v. Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism