Seiber v. Ringgold’s Empirical Analysis
1957
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
2
states following
March 1966
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Melancon v. Texas Company
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"However, prior to January 1, 1952 such production ceased, and thereafter there were no reworking or drilling operations as required by the terms of the lease. * * * as a result the lease, which was the source of the rights claimed herein by the appellants, terminated."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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