Gemmell v. Lee’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
26 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 26 later decisions — most recently October 2022 · most notably 89 Conn. App. 260 - Boccanfuso v. Conner (2005), 93 Conn. App. 759 - Rudder v. MAMANASCO LAKE PARK ASS'N, INC. (2006)
26 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 Southbridge Associates, LLC v. Garofalo · Liberty Mutual Insurance v. Tavarez · Whitton v. Clark · D'AMATO v. Weiss · Kramer v. Petisi
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“There are two principal factors to be examined in determining whether an easement by implication has arisen: (1) the intention of the parties; and (2) whether the easement is reasonably necessary for the use and normal enjoyment of the dominant estate.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“We determine whether the grantor intended to establish an easement by an examination of the deeds, maps, and recorded instruments introduced as evidence. Intent as expressed in deeds and other recorded documents is a matter of law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“easement is highly convenient and beneficial for the enjoyment of the dominant estate.”
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.