Wilcox v. West’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 30 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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The location of wells, hauling lumber on leased premises, erection of derricks, providing water supply, moving machinery on the premises, and similar acts preliminary to beginning of actual work of drilling, when performed with bona fide intention to proceed thereafter with diligence toward completion of well, constitutes ‘commencement’ or ‘beginning’ of well or drilling operations within mineral lease requiring lessee to begin or commence drilling within certain time on penalty of forfeiture or payment of delay rental. “ ‘Commence’ means to cause to begin to be; perform the first act of; enter upon; begin; to originate; to do the first act in anything; to take the first step; to start.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Anderson's Estate

2. ““Upon the violation of any of the terms or conditions of this lease by the lessee and the failure to remedy the same within sixty days after written notice from the lessor so to do, then at the option of the lessor this lease shall forthwith cease and terminate.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 103 Cal. App. 2d 589 - Richfield Oil Corp. v. Bloomfield