Martins v. Interstate Power Co.’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 162 Wis. 2d 1 - Kolpin v. Pioneer Power & Light Co. · 201 Wis. 2d 416 - Vogel v. Grant-Lafayette Electric Cooperative · Kuper v. Lincoln-Union Electric Co. · Bormann v. KOSSUTH COUNTY BD. OF SUP'RS · 234 Mich. App. 72 - Jackson County Hog Producers v. Consumers Power Company
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Negligence is a type of liability-forming conduct, for example, a failure to act reasonably to prevent harm. In contrast, nuisance is a liability-producing condition. Negligence may or may not accompany a nuisance; negligence, however, is not an essential element of nuisance. If the condition constituting the nuisance exists, the person responsible for it is liable for resulting damages to others even though the person acted reasonably to prevent or minimize the deleterious effect of the nuisance.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“One is subject to liability for a private nuisance if, but only if, his conduct is a legal cause of an invasion of another's interest in the private use and enjoyment of land, and the invasion is either (a) intentional and unreasonable, or (b) unintentional and otherwise actionable under the rules controlling liability for negligent or reckless conduct, or for abnormally dangerous conditions or activities. [ Restatement (Second) of Torts § 822 (1979).]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Unlike South Dakota, Iowa has no statute exempting electric utilities from nuisance claims. The argument here, of course, is that we as a court should not wait for legislative action and should on our own adopt a similar stance in the name of public policy. We decline to do so. Any exception to our nuisance law with respect to electric utilities should come from the legislature and not from this court.”
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.