Fordham v. Eason’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
35
cited by 35 later decisions
1
states following
July 2018
most recently cited
29 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Kidd v. Early · Rose v. Vulcan Materials Company · Brenner v. Little Red School House, Ltd. · Weyerhaeuser Company v. Carolina Power & Light Co. · Matthews v. Forrest
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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“demonstrate that [he] had either actual or constructive possession of the personalty or goods in question at the time of the trespass, and that there was an unauthorized, unlawful interference or dispossession of the property.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Constructive possession is a legal fiction existing when there is no actual possession, but there is title granting an immediate right to actual possession.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“(1) possession of the property by plaintiff when the alleged trespass was committed; (2) an unauthorized entry by defendant; and (3) damage to plaintiff.”
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.