Nelson v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
20
cited by 20 later decisions
1
states following
June 2011
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Pettus v. Keeling · Bunn v. Offutt · Ward v. Harper · Burks Bros. of Virginia, Inc. v. Jones · Causey v. Lanigan
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A finding of the chancellor on conflicting evidence, heard ore tenus, carries the same weight as a jury's verdict and will not be disturbed on appeal unless it is plainly wrong or without evidence to support it.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“(i) adverse; (ii) under a claim of right; (iii) exclusive; (iv) continuous and uninterrupted; and (v) with the knowledge and acquiescence of the owners of the land over which it passes.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.