Sant v. Stephens’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Service Oil Co. v. Rhodus · City of Thornton v. Farmers Reservoir & Irrigation Co. · Denver Urban Renewal Authority v. Byrne · First National Bank v. Energy Fuels Corp. · DeLong v. CITY AND CTY. OF DENVER
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.
“every power possessed by the General Assembly as to local and municipal matters,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Sant v. Stephens · Sant v. Stephens“This rule encourages participation in the redemption process, thereby maximizing the price obtained upon sale. Moreover, this rule leaves no confusion about the rights of subsequent lienors following the issuance of the trustee's deed and therefore protects the value of the property interest obtained upon purchase or redemption.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Sant v. Stephens“Upon the issuance and delivery of such deed, but not until then, title shall vest in the grantee and such title shall be free and clear of all liens and encumbrances recorded or filed subsequent to the recording or filing of the lien on which the sale referred to in this section was based.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Sant v. Stephens
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.