Sovereen v. Meadows’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[The landlord’s] notice to quit failed to comply with subsection (3) because it did not state that the tenant had the option of paying the delinquent rent. The unlawful detainer statute is a summary proceeding and in derogation of the common law. It provides a severe remedy, and this Court has previously held that it must be strictly complied with before the cause of action may be maintained.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cache County v. Beus · 2001 UT App 347 - Parkside Salt Lake Corp. v. Insure-Rite, Inc.

2. “(1)A tenant of real property, for a term less than life, is guilty of an unlawful de-tainer: [[Image here]] (c) when he continues in possession, in person or by subtenant, after default in the payment of any rent and after a notice in writing requiring in the alternative the payment of the rent or the surrender of the detained premises, has remained un-eomplied with for a period of three days after service, which notice may be served at any time after the rent becomes due....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cache County v. Beus

3. “did not give lessee the alternative of paying the delinquent rent or surrendering the premises”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2001 UT App 347 - Parkside Salt Lake Corp. v. Insure-Rite, Inc.