Rennard v. Vollmar’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
28
cited by 28 later decisions
2
states following
June 2015
most recently cited
28 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Frank v. Hicks · Sturgeon v. Brooks · Springer v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Wyoming · White v. Board of Land Commissioners · Condict v. Ryan
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“When a trial court in a bench trial makes express findings of fact and conclusions of law, we review the factual determinations under a clearly erroneous standard and the legal conclusions de novo.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage“a water right becomes appurtenant to the land upon which the water is used, and the ditch, water pipe, or other conduit for the water becomes attached to the land, either as appurtenant or incident to the land, and necessary to its beneficial enjoyment, and therefore becomes part and parcel of the realty.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“If a person has a right to convey water through a ditch, he owns an interest in that ditch or a share of the ditch to the extent of the water right he is entitled to convey through it.”
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.