Ward v. Harwood’s Empirical Analysis
1965
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
January 1985
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Wallace v. Driver · Knight v. Rogers · Pace v. State Use Saline County. · 98 F. Supp. 730 - Kimble v. Willey · Bryant v. Chicago Mill & Lumber 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“All land which has formed or may hereafter form, in the navigable waters of this State, and within the original boundaries of a former owner of land upon such stream, shall belong to and the title thereto shall vest in such former owner, his heirs or assigns, or in whoever may have lawfully succeeded to the right of such former owner therein.”
1 later decision 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.