Ferguson v. Gunther’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
April 2004
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Hill v. Richey · 319 So. 2d 766 - Liner v. Louisiana Land and Exploration Co. · 337 So. 2d 432 - Norton v. Addie · Authement v. Theriot · 311 So. 2d 74 - Clayton v. Langston
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“... periodic mowing of unimproved residential property up to the line where an old fence once stood years before, is sufficient corporeal possession to support acquisitive prescription.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Ryan v. Lee“The quality of corporeal possession required to defeat an owner in constructive possession and establish title by acquisitive prescription is neither simple nor precise”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Ryan v. Lee
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.