Thomas v. Depaoli’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
18 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Himmel v. Hendler · Prudential Property & Casualty Ins. Co. v. Cole · 75 Ill. App. 3d 243 - Freehling v. Development Management Group, Inc. · Graves v. Stewart · Lake Wauwanoka, Inc. v. Spain
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The marked tendency of the courts is to give effect to the intention of the parties, and, in so doing, to extend the meaning of the term to cover structures that ordinarily would not fall within the strict definition of the word.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[the majority rule appears to be that the word 'building' in a restrictive covenant intended to restrain obstruction of view will include any structure having that effect, including a fence.”
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.