Napeahi v. Paty’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 federal appellate · 3 district ·

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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[A]s a public trust for the support of the public schools and other public educational institutions, for the betterment of the conditions of native Hawaiians, for the development of farm and home ownership on as widespread basis as possible, for the making of public improvements, and for the provision of lands for public use. Such lands, proceeds, and income shall be managed and disposed of for one or more of the foregoing purposes in such manner as the constitution and laws of said State may provide, and their use for any other object shall constitute a breach of trust for which suit may be brought.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Napeahi v. Wilson

2. “land subject to the trust? The director argues that land which became submerged since 1898 could not be”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Napeahi v. Paty

3. “land because it was not then part of the public land ceded to the United States, and only this”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Napeahi v. Paty