Gunsch v. Gunsch’s Empirical Analysis
1954
Citation profile
19 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 19 later decisions — most recently June 2005
19 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Red River Valley Bank v. Craig · State Ex Rel. Johnson v. Baker · Braaten v. Grabinski · Ellison v. Ellison · Arhart v. Thompson
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"The evidence is voluminous, often conflicting, contradictory and even confusing. When the evidence is considered as a whole it does not spell out a clear-cut agreement between the parties. If any negotiations took place it appears that whatever talks there were between the plaintiffs and Tony and their father, David Gunsch, their primary purpose was to attempt to keep Leona Gunsch from procuring an interest in Tony's property; but the negotiations, whatever they were, never amounted to an oral agreement between the parties. * * * The plaintiffs obtained possession of the property without the knowledge and consent of Tony Gunsch; retained possession in 1952 and 1953 by coercion and threats. Their possession of the land * * * was illegal and they are, and have been trespassers upon the property."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““This case is remanded' to the district court with instructions to permit additional testimony to be presented on the issues mentioned, by both sides, after which the district court will make further findings and cause the additional record to be settled, certified and returned to this court with the record that is now remanded for further proceedings in conformity with this opinion.” (Emphasis supplied.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Gunsch v. Gunsch“"Leona Gunsch is the equitable owner of the section [the land in question] as the successor in interest of Tony Gunsch pursuant to the judgment and decree granted her in the divorce action against Tony Gunsch and by which she received the interest of Tony Gunsch in the contract for deed with his father, David Gunsch, involving the `section' and she is entitled to immediate possession thereof".”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Gunsch v. Gunsch
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.