Riddell v. Ewell’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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.

1. “[In Riddell /,] a division of this court determined only that, because the Riddells’ easement was created pursuant to an express grant, the Riddells were entitled to ■widen the driveway to the extent allowed by the grant, without having to show that the widening was reasonably necessary.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lazy Dog Ranch v. Telluray Ranch Corp.

2. “do whatever is reasonably necessary to permit [the easement's] full use and enjoyment”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Story v. Bly