Brown v. Moore’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Prior to acceptance, the offer to dedicate imposed no responsibilities upon the public and was subject to unilateral withdrawal at any time by the landowner. Acceptance could be formal and express, as by the enactment of a resolution by the appropriate governing body, or by implication arising from an exercise of dominion by the governing authority or from long continued public use[] of requisite character.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Barter Foundation, Inc. v. Widener

2. “where a governing body has accepted part of the streets appearing on a recorded plat and no intention to limit the acceptance is shown, such partial acceptance constitutes acceptance of all of the streets, provided the part accepted is sufficiently substantial to evince an intent to accept the comprehensive scheme of public user reflected in the plat.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Clore v. Cadmus

3. ““Dedication, at common law, was a grant to the public, by a landowner, of a limited right of use[] in his land. No writing or other special form of conveyance was required; unequivocal evidence of an intention to dedicate was sufficient. Until the public accepted the dedication, it was a mere offer to dedicate.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Barter Foundation, Inc. v. Widener