408 So. 2d 969 - Mitchell v. Killins’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 6 later decisions — most recently January 2016
6 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Salerno v. De Lucca · 335 So. 2d 466 - East Parker Properties, Inc. v. Pelican Realty Co. · 322 So. 2d 257 - Smith v. DeVincent · 370 So. 2d 162 - Chapman v. Fisher · 345 So. 2d 950 - Allen v. Forbess
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.
“It is recognized that restrictions affecting immovable property are to be strictly construed, with any doubt resolved in favor of unencumbered property use. However, when differences arise as to the extent or limitation of restrictions, courts must look to the expressed intention of the party encumbering the property as set forth in the instrument embodying the restrictions, giving due consideration to the entire context of the document. Mitchell v. Killins, 408 So.2d 969 (La.App. 2nd Cir.1981)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“It is axiomatic that a valid property restriction is enforceable by injunctive relief, including a mandatory injunction directing removal of the objectionable structure. Chapman v. Fisher, 370 So.2d 162 (La.App. 3rd Cir.1979). Otherwise, the purpose of a subdivision restriction would be completely thwarted every time the violation became an accomplished fact.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Flippo v. Mann“even in a small part on the location the owner desires but are”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.