Lytle v. the State of Arkansas’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

28 federal appellate · 7 district · 21 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 110 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It is founded in an enlightened public policy, rendered necessary by the enterprise of our citizens. The adventurous pioneer, who is found in advance of our settlements, encounters many hardships, and not infrequently dangers from savage incursions. Ho is generally poor; and it is fit that his enterprise should he rewarded by the privilege of purchasing the favorite site selected by him, not to exceed 160 acres. That this is the national feeling is shown by the course of legislation for many years.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Manley v. Tow · Farrell v. Edward Rutledge Timber Co.

2. ““It is a well-established principle that where an individual, in the prosecution of a right, does everything which the law requires him to do, and he fails to attain his right by the misconduct or neglect of a public oflicer, the law will protect it.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Bonifer v. Smith · Woodbury v. United States

3. ““It is a well-established principle, that where an individual in the prosecution of a right does every thing which the law requires him to do, and he fails to attain his right by the misconduct or neglect of a public officer, the law will protect him. In this case, the preemptive right of Cloyes having been proved, and an offer to pay the money for the land claimed by him, under the act of 1830, nothing more could be done by him, and nothing more could be required of him under that act. And subsequently, when he paid the money to the receiver, under subsequent acts, the surveys being returned, he could do nothing more than offer to enter the fractions, which the register would not permit him to do. This claim of preemption stands before us in a light not less favorable than it woud have stood if Cloyes or his representatives had been permitted by the land officers to do what, in this respect, was offered to be done.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Tubbs v. Linn