Erickson v. Sorensen’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
2
states following
June 2008
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Thurman · Franklin Financial v. New Empire Development Co. · Alta Industries, Ltd. v. Hurst · Culwell v. Abbott Construction Co. · Branch v. Western Petroleum, Inc.
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.
“(1) A public nuisance is a crime against the order and economy of the state and consists in unlawfully doing any act or omitting to perform any duty, which act or omission: (a) annoys, injures, or endangers the comfort, repose, health, or safety of three or more persons; [[Image here]] (c) unlawfully interferes with, obstructs, or tends to obstruct, or renders dangerous for passage, any ... street or highway; [or] [[Image here]] (e) in any way renders three or more persons insecure in life or the use of property. (2) An act which affects three or more persons in any of the ways specified in this section is still a nuisance regardless of the extent [to which the] annoyance or damage inflicted on individuals is unequal.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[A] private party seeking damages for the creation of a public nuisance must ... [either] show that defendant's action constituted nuisance per se, [or] demonstrate that the defendant's conduct was unreasonable in order to impose liability.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“If the factfinder determines that the public nuisance statute is violated ... the defendant is liable without any showing of 'unreasonable conduct'. ...”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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