Gast v. Ederer’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Shively v. Bowlby · Hughes v. State of Washington · Phillips Petroleum Company v. Mississippi US · Short Beach Cottage Owners Improvement Ass'n v. Town of Stratford · Barri v. Schwarz Bros. Co.
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Clearly, the protective and restrictive covenants contemplate that a residence is to be the principal building on the premises. The residence could exist without an outbuilding, but an outbuilding cannot legally be constructed independent of a residence. Stated another way, a residence cannot be incidental [or appurtenant] to an outbuilding.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“LAND USE AND BUILDING TYPE: No lot shall be used except for residential purposes. No building shall be erected, altered, placed or permitted to remain on any lot other than one detached single[-]family dwelling not to exceed two stories in height and a private garage for not more than two cars.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.