Kane v. Vanzura’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Opinion of the Justices to the House of Representatives · Boston Waterfront Development Corp. v. Commonwealth · Mt. Holyoke Realty Corp. v. Holyoke Realty Corp. · Sheftel v. Lebel · Tucker v. Poch
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“use of a way for access preceding severance of the dominant parcel from the servient way will support the creation of an easement by implication,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Downer, and those claiming through his estate, would have used Melville Walk for access to the beach,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the beach and shore of Hingham harbor opposite the end of Melville Walk and Lot 1 on [the 1897 Plan]”
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.