Schiffenhaus v. Kline’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commerce Insurance v. Commissioner of Insurance · Planning Board v. Board of Appeals · Kenner v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Chatham · 15 Mass. App. Ct. 144 - Perry v. Planning Board of Nantucket · Martin v. Corporation of the Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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.
“an entirely new building in a different location, which is also completely different in appearance and more than four times the size of its predecessor, cannot correctly be deemed an 'alteration' of the original”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“that in nineteen years, without exception, [the town] had never determined that a change [to an existing nonconforming structure] did not qualify as an alteration”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“It is axiomatic that '[a] by-law cannot conflict with the statute'”
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.