Brown v. Van Pelt’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It seems to us that the time of making the lease during the existence of a prior valid lease would depend upon many circumstances, and it would be hard to make a rule applicable to all cases. In those sections of this state where wheat is the principal crop it would he important to make arrangements for the succeeding crop year much sooner than in those , sections „of the state where cotton and corn are the principal crops.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Taylor v. Callahan

2. ““This, in our opinion, is the true rule in cases of this character. An agricultural lease may be made during the existence of a valid unexpired lease, but only for a fair rental, and near the expiration of the valid lease, that the tenant may know what he has to depend upon for the ensuing year, but in no case can such lease be for a period of five years, to begin in the future.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hull v. Morris

3. ““A valid lease for agricultural purposes of a restricted Creek allotment may be made during the existence of a prior, valid lease, provided it is made for a fair rental, near the termination of the existing lease, and that it does not extend the term more than five years from the date of the last lease.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Worrell v. Graves