MacKey v. Goslee’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Conversion has also been found to require the following three elements: (1) plaintiff was the owner of the property or entitled to its possession; (2) defendant took possession of the property with the intent to exercise some control over it; and (3) defendant thereby deprived plaintiff of the right to possession.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Belden v. Belden

2. “(1) a tortious taking; (2) any use or appropriation to the use of the person in possession, indicating a claim of right in opposition to the true owner’s rights; or (3) by a refusal to give up possession to the owner on demand, even though the defendant’s original possession of the property was proper.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kingfisher Hospitality, Inc. v. Behmani