Johnson v. Smallenberger’s Empirical Analysis
1959
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
February 1975
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jones v. Southern Natural Gas Co. · Risinger v. Arkansas-Louisiana Gas Co.
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.
““Under the facts of the instant case, the lease was at an end immediately upon non-payment of the rental due on May 6, 1956. According to the plain provisions of the type of contract known as the 'unless’ lease, as universally interpreted, the lessee is under no duty either to drill or to pay delay rentals; if he either drills or pays, the lease remains in effect, but if he does neither, it ipso facto terminates at the time of default.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Miller v. Kellerman
How this case has been treated — in progress
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