Callahan v. White’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
July 2002
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Pettus v. Keeling · Ward v. Harper · Reid v. Garnett
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[W]here the use of a roadway by persons owning property in the immediate area has been in common with use of the way by members of the general public, the essential element of exclusiveness is lacking because the use of the way is dependent upon the enjoyment of similar rights by others.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Nelson v. Davis
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.