Rainey v. Nelson’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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “agricultural land or land used exclusively for non-commercial recreational purposes may be classified by general law and assessed solely on the basis of character or use.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 326 So. 2d 421 - Straughn v. K & K Land Management, Inc. · 374 So. 2d 479 - Bass v. General Development Corp.

2. “... there is no deprivation of a property right in denying special tax treatment to this property owner since there is no "right" to the special treatment in the first instance. The only potential constitutional question here involves an equal protection issue, which can only be satisfied upon the showing of a valid exercise of the state's police power.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 326 So. 2d 421 - Straughn v. K & K Land Management, Inc. · 374 So. 2d 479 - Bass v. General Development Corp.