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← 293 Va. 274 - Shepherd v. Conde

Shepherd v. Conde’s Empirical Analysis

2017

Citation profile

2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
August 2019
most recently cited

2 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Scott v. Walker · Anderson v. Lake Arrowhead Civic Ass'n · Barris v. Keswick Homes, LLC · JSR Mechanical, Inc. v. Aireco Supply, Inc. · Dogwood Valley Citizens Ass'n v. Winkelman

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

  1. “are to be construed most strictly against the grantor and persons seeking to enforce them, and substantial doubt or ambiguity is to be resolved in favor of the free use of property and against restrictions.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “enforce restrictive covenants where the intention of the parties is clear and the restrictions are reasonable”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “carry a certain meaning by definite and necessary implication.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

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.