Johnson v. Dodson’s Empirical Analysis
1928
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
February 1967
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Hughes v. Busseyville Oil & Gas Co. · Dinsmoor v. Combs · Enfield v. Woods · Monarch Oil & Gas Co. v. Hunt · Patton v. Woodrow
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Forfeiture for nondevelopment, or delay in development, or for a failure to reasonably develop, is highly essential in the business of producing oil, but the law does not favor forfeitures, and none should be allowed without the one claiming the right shall have first placed the other party on notice that a forfeiture will be demanded, unless the terms of the lease as to development are carried out."”
2 later decisions 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.