Block v. Sexton’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
2
states following
October 2008
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Romans v. Nadler · Minneapolis Athletic Club v. Cohler · State Ex Rel. Washington Wildlife Preservation, Inc. v. State · Hartman v. Blanding's Inc. · Burns v. Plachecki
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Use of an easement is presumed to be adverse or hostile when the easement claimant shows open, visible, continuous, and unmolested use for the statutory period that is inconsistent with the owner’s rights, under circumstances from which the owner’s acquiescence may be inferred.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“district court acted well within its discretion by limiting [easement's] width”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Gabler v. Fedoruk“the extent of an easement depends upon the character and purpose of the use”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Price v. Eastham
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.