Fesperman v. Grier’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
March 2001
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Garlington v. City of Birmingham · Smith v. Cook · Kubiszyn v. Bradley · Birmingham Trust & Savings Co. v. Mason · Barnett v. Millis
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““While the majority of states recognize the presumption that an easement or use is adverse and places the burden of proving permissiveness on the landowner against whom the easement is claimed, Alabama reverses this presumption and places the burden of proving the adversity upon the person claiming such easement or use.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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