The State of North Dakota, Ex Rel. Board of University and School Lands v. Cecil Andrus, Secretary of the Interior Bob Bergland, Secretary of Agriculture Frank Gregg, Director of the United States Bureau of Land Management and John R. McGuire Chief of the United States Forest Service, the State of North Dakota, Ex Rel. Board of University and School Lands v. Cecil Andrus, Secretary of the Interior Bob Bergland, Secretary of Agriculture Frank Gregg, Director of the United States Bureau of Land Management and John R. McGuire Chief of the United States Forest Service’s Empirical Analysis

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5 district · 6 state decisions

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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. “The United States may be named as a party defendant in a civil action under this section to adjudicate a disputed title to real property in which the United States claims an interest other than a security interest or water rights.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 624 F. Supp. 622 - Utah ex rel. Division of State Lands v. United States

2. “developed in England as a royal prerogative, it is supported in modern law by the policy judgment that the public should not suffer because of the negligence of its officers and agents”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 96 Ill. 2d 457 - City of Shelbyville v. Shelbyville Restorium, Inc.