Browning v. Cavanaugh’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate · 2 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “for oil and gas leases in case of ambiguity with respect to development are construed to be for the benefit of the lessor and against the lessee. So it is that under a lease of this type the lessee's estate or rights automatically terminate upon the expiration of the specified time where there has been a failure of the lessee to keep its terms.... 20 Browning v. Cavanaugh, 300 S.W.2d 580, 582 (Ky.1957) (citations omitted). The term”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Delta Gas Corporation v. Pack · Delta Gas Corp. v. Pack

2. “We think that the term 'operations for drilling' at least required the performance of some act on the leased premises--not on adjoining premises--which tended to complete a well already commenced.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Delta Gas Corp. v. Pack · Delta Gas Corporation, C. Lester Paul and Margaret S. Paul v. Grover Thompson and Violet Thompson

3. “oil, gas, ... or any of them [were] produced from said leased premises or operations for drilling”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Delta Gas Corp. v. Pack · Delta Gas Corporation, C. Lester Paul and Margaret S. Paul v. Grover Thompson and Violet Thompson