Wier v. Grubb’s Empirical Analysis
1955
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 56 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 72 later decisions — most recently June 1993 · most notably Melancon v. Texas Company (1956), Reagan v. Murphy (1958)
2 federal appellate · 56 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 Sauder v. Mid-Continent Petroleum Corp. · Carter v. Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co. · State v. Robinson · Caldwell v. Alton Oil Co. · Pipes v. Payne
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 72 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Obviously, the determination of the question whether defendants have sufficiently developed the leased property, in compliance with the development clause contained in the sublease and its implied obligations, can be resolved only after a consideration of all the facts. We recognize the difficulty of laying down any comprehensive rule which so largely involves one of fact, and, therefore, the merits of each case must be determined according to its particular circumstances.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““The principle, as we understand it, is that development of every part of the lease is an implied condition. Therefore, whether the undeveloped portion be a single tract remote from the rest, or a considerable portion of a very large tract, * * or the east one hundred acres of a tract of 160, it is an implied condition that the lessee will test every part. * * * ””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““If a lessee, having been given written notice demanding cancellation of the lease, fails or refuses to comply within ten days, he shall be liable to the lessor for a reasonable attorney’s fee incurred by the lessor in bringing suit to have the cancellation adjudged. * * ””
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.