Louth v. Kaser’s Empirical Analysis
1961
Citation profile
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Farm Investment Co. v. Carpenter · United States v. Gage · Crawford Co. v. Hathaway · Wyoming Hereford Ranch v. Hammond Packing Co. · Horse Creek Conservation District v. Lincoln Land 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.
““When, pursuant to the provisions of Section 741, Wyoming Compiled Statutes of 1910 [§ 41-47, W.S.1957], any water user who might be affected by a declaration of abandonment of existing water rights, desires to bring about a legal declaration of such abandonment, he may present his case in writing to the Board of Control. * * ” (Emphasis supplied.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he ludicrous spectacle of learned judges solemnly decreeing water rights.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.