Sanchez v. Taylor’s Empirical Analysis

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5 federal appellate · 2 district · 8 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “We find no error in the trial court's conclusion that appellants, as a matter of law, have no rights in [the plaintiff s] land under Mexican law or the original grant. Any conflicting rights prior to the confirmatory Act of 1860 which might have arisen or existed by reason of the original grant from Mexico, considered in the light of Mexican law and the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, were thereby extinguished.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Rael v. Taylor · Montoya v. Tecolote Land Grant

2. “[E]ven if under Mexican law or the terms of the grant certain settlement rights which conflicted with the congressional confirmation had been given to third persons prior to the [Treaty of Guadalupe], the quit-claim clause would nevertheless be of no avail to appellants, because title had passed to the United States.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Montoya v. Tecolote Land Grant · Montoya v. Tecolote Land Grant ex rel. Tecolote Board of Trustees

3. “We agree with the trial court that to construe the instrument as a dedication of the lands to the extent claimed by the appellants would be inconsistent with the contemplated sale of the lands remaining unsold at the time, and to apply it only to the [Taylor Ranch] would require a rewriting of the instrument. None of the settlers, including these defendants, have ever, and do not now, assert any privileges for the use of lands after sale and occupancy by the purchasers. Apparently the conflict arose when the sale to Taylor ended the free use of the lands in the area for pasture, wood, and recreational uses. The hardship caused, however, does not establish a legal right. By the terms of the agreement between Gil-pin and the executors of Beaubien’s estate, Gilpin undertook to carry out certain commitments which Beaubien had made to settlers during his lifetime. Essentially, this is a commitment to convey title to certain settlers upon receipt of agreed payments. There is no language in the agreement which could be construed as indicating that either Beaubien or Gilpin intended the dedication which appellants seek to establish.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Lobato v. Taylor