Gibson v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
March 1986
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Smith v. Almond · Acadia-Vermilion Rice Irrigating Co. v. Miller · Thomas v. Patenotte · Bernard Co. v. Cook · Wells v. Caldwell
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.
““It is a well-known rule that when a description refers to a plat ‘the plat itself with all its notes, lines, descriptions and landmarks becomes a part of and controls the grant * * * ’ Acadia-Vermilion Rice Irrigating Co. v. Miller, 178 La. 954 , 152 So. 576, 577 (1933).””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Angelle v. Prejean
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.