Mitchell v. Perkins’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 3 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““This case was submitted to the jury upon the theory as stated in the case of Fort Worth Nat. Bank v. McLean, Tex.Civ.App., 245 S.W.2d 309, 310 , where it is stated: “ ‘From a careful study of the law in Texas, it is our opinion that a lessor, in order to secure a judgment requiring lessee to develop and decreeing a forfeiture upon a failure so to do must show the following: (a) that his damage is uncertain and cannot be ascertained; (b) that the land had not been reasonably developed; (c) what constitutes reasonable development. Lido Oil Co. v. W. T. Waggoner Es-state, Tex.Civ.App., 31 S.W.2d 154 (writ ref.); Rendleman v. Barlett, Tex.Civ.App., 21 S.W.2d 58 .’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Burnett v. R. Lacy, Inc.