Marlowe v. Marcum’s Empirical Analysis
1943
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Imperial Elkhorn Coal Co. v. Webb · Moore, Guardian v. Lackey Mining Co. · Wabash Drilling Company v. Ellis · Middleton v. Harlan-Wallins Coal Corp. · Blackburn v. Piney Oil & Gas Co.
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The rule is that in the absence of an express agreement the holder of coal rights cannot use the surface owned by his grantor or lessor in producing, cleaning, marketing or in any way handling coal produced on the lands of another. The mining privileges and rights contained in the lease or deed relate to coal to be produced from the land covered by the instrument and none other. (Citations omitted)””
2 later decisions 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.