Moncrief v. Harvey’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 2 district · 27 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 30 later decisions — most recently January 2025 · most notably Parker Land & Cattle Co. v. Wyoming Game & Fish Commission (1993), Alloway v. General Marine Industries, L.P. (1997)
1 federal appellate · 2 district · 27 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
Applies 30 U.S.C. § 181 (Coal Market Competition Act of 2000) · 30 U.S.C. § 226
Relies on Hensley v. Eckerhart · Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc. · Robertson v. Methow Valley Citizens Council · Alimeg, Inc. v. Shlim · Wyoming v. United States
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) The proceeds derived from the sale of production from any well producing oil, gas or related hydrocarbons in the state of Wyoming shall be paid to all persons legally entitled thereto, except as hereinafter provided....”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“Any lessee or operator, purchaser or other party legally responsible for payment who violates the provisions of this article is liable to the person or persons legally entitled to proceeds from production for the unpaid amount of such proceeds, plus interest at the rate of eighteen percent (18%) per annum on the unpaid principal balance from the due date specified in W.S. 30-5-301(a).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Lessee” means the person entitled under an oil and gas lease to drill and operate wells, paying the lessor a royalty and retaining the remainder, known as the working interest. The lessee pays all costs of production out of his interest, the lessor’s interest being free and clear of all those costs; (ii)”
2 later decisions 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.