Gamble v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"It was formerly one of the most firmly established principles of eminent domain, and it is still the law in the usual case, that when a tract of land is taken by eminent domain, because the land itself is taken by a paramount title rather than through the separate estates of different persons having interests in the land, the compensation awarded is for the land itself and not for the sum of the different interests therein. The duty of the public to make payment for the property which it has taken is not affected by the nature of the title or by the diversity of interests in the property. The public pays what the land is worth, and the amount so paid is to be divided among the various claimants, according to the nature of their respective estates."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 611 So. 2d 285 - State Highway Dept. v. Lawford

2. “"When there are different interests or estates in the property, the proper course is to ascertain the entire compensation as though the property belonged to one person and then apportion the sum among the different parties according to their respective rights. The value of property can not be enhanced by any distribution of the title or estate among different persons or by any contract arrangements among the owners of different interests. Whatever advantage is secured to one interest must be taken from another, and the sum of all the parts cannot exceed the whole."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 611 So. 2d 285 - State Highway Dept. v. Lawford

3. “There is no provision in our statutes or case law granting a separate jury trial to a lessee in a condemnation *Page 288 proceeding.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 611 So. 2d 285 - State Highway Dept. v. Lawford