Baker v. Brackeen’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It is expressly set out in the restrictions that all of the blocks in the Sunny Hill Addition shall be used exclusively for residential purposes. If that expression is considered alone, then, no trade or other activity of any kind could be considered. But then the restrictions go further and state that no noxious or offensive trade or other activity shall be carried on upon any other lot or tract in the addition, nor should anything be done thereon which may be or become a nuisance or gross annoyance to the neighborhood, we think it necessarily implies that Mrs. Brackeen might carry on her beauty activities unless it is noxious or offensive, etc.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Vaccaro v. Rougeou

2. ““If there was no other matter to be determined, other than the question of operating the beauty parlor, that would be using the residence for a purpose other than exclusively residential purposes and we would be compelled to hold that such use was in violation of the restriction prohibiting the use for other than residential purposes.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Vaccaro v. Rougeou