Katnig v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 6 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The plaintiff contends ‘that the defendant could not accept the benefits of a requirement of such provision in a contract and deny all liability for that which was done to preserve his interests * * * “In the case of Superior Oil Company v. Oklahoma Corporation Commission, 206 Okl. 213 , 242 P.2d 454, 456 , we held that an owner of an undivided mineral interest in a forty acre tract had inherent right to drill such land for oil and gas and ‘he thus assumed the entire risk of the venture if it proved a failure.’ Thus we see that defendant Johnson was not required to participate in the drilling by plaintiff Katnig of Well No. 2, unless he be found to have agreed to do so.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. King-Stevenson Gas & Oil Co. v. Texam Oil Corp.

2. ““In the case of Maddox v. Bridal, Okl., 329 P.2d 1049 , in paragraphs 4 and 5 of the syllabus, this court said: “ ‘Where the instructions as a whole correctly state the law, a verdict based on the evidence will not be disturbed, though some instruction alone may not fully state the law. “ ‘Instructions are to be considered in their entirety; no particular paragraph is to be singled out; neither a part nor paragraph will be given consideration to the exclusion of other parts or paragraphs; * *”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wood v. Camp