Turpin v. Watts’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
2
states following
July 1998
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Murphy v. Carron · Rombauer v. Compton Heights Christian Church · Reineman v. Larkin · Loud v. Pendergast · Landers v. Smith
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.
“More importantly, the relief sought is wholly disproportionate to the injury sustained. Whatever status one accords the testimony of defendant's surveyor, it is clear that the obstruction of plaintiff's "view" is minimal. To compel the defendant to raze and reconstruct his residence at a cost of nearly $39,000 so plaintiff might enjoy an unobstructed view of the lake would be manifestly inequitable. Relief was rightfully refused upon this ground, if no other.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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