Scott v. Elliott’s Empirical Analysis
1969
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
4
states following
February 2019
most recently cited
2 district · 8 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Permissive use, no matter how long continued, is not adverse, and when proved, denies the adverse possession.”
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.