Haeussler v. Braun’s Empirical Analysis

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7 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. “If there is any one fact established in the history of society and of the law itself, it is that the mode of exercising [the public] easement is expansive, developing and growing as civilization advances.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Castor v. City of Minneapolis · State Ex Rel. Washington Wildlife Preservation, Inc. v. State

2. “* * * any interference with the light, air, and view over a public street that results from the public's use of the street as a street, that is, from a proper street use, must be suffered by the abutting landowner without complaint to the courts. This is so because the implied easements do not entitle the landowner to every particle of sunlight or air that passes over the street. Rather, he is only entitled to the air, light, and view that are not obstructed by a proper street use.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Castor v. City of Minneapolis

3. “It is this public easement that defines, qualifies, and limits the implied easements for light, air, and view. See Sauer v. New York, 206 U.S. 536, 547-548 , 27 S.Ct. 686, 689-90 , 51 L.Ed. 1176 (1906).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Castor v. City of Minneapolis