Adolph v. Stearns’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 district · 18 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ ‘In absence of a controlling stipulation, neither the lessor nor the lessee is the sole arbiter of the extent, or the diligence with which, the operations and development shall proceed. The standard by which both are bound is what an experienced operator of ordinary prudence would do under die same or similar circumstances, having due regard for the interests of both.’ ” 246 Kan. at 131 (quoting Adolph v. Stearns, 235 Kan. 622, 626 , 684 P.2d 372 [1984]).”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Robbins v. Chevron U.S.A., Inc. · 49 Kan. App. 2d 183 - Sieker v. Stephens Trust

2. ““Among the familiar rules governing the construction of oil and gas leases are these: the intent of the parties is the primary question; meaning should be ascertained by examining the document from all four corners and by considering all of the pertinent provisions, rather than by critical analysis of a single or isolated provision; reasonable rather than unreasonable interpretations are favored; a practical and equitable construction must be given to ambiguous terms; and any ambiguities in a lease should be construed in favor of the lessor and against the lessee, since it is the lessee who usually provides the lease form or dictates the terms thereof.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Richardson v. Northwest Central Pipeline Corp.