Severance v. Patterson

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “Property owners may not use their property in a way that unreasonably interferes with the property rights of others.”
• “Because the easement holder is the dominant estate owner and the land burdened by the easement is the servient estate, the property owner may not interfere with the easement holder’s right to use the servient estate for the purposes of the easement.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Severance v. Patterson
  Texas Supreme Court· 2012-03-30· cited 78×
• Love Terminal Partners v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2011-02-11· cited 9×
• Cebe Farms, Inc. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2014-05-28· cited 3×
• John Hatton v. Daniel D. Grigar
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2011-01-20
• Brookshire Katy Drainage District v. the Lily Gardens, LLC, Richard E. Fluecker and Kenneth B. Luedecke
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2011-02-25
• Derek Grinstead v. the State of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2021-11-19

Cites

56 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City
  Supreme Court· 1978-10-02· cited 3,324×
• Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council
  Supreme Court· 1992-06-29· cited 2,333×
• Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon
  Supreme Court· 1922-12-11· cited 1,990×
• Nollan v. California Coastal Commission
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-26· cited 1,301×
• Dolan v. City of Tigard
  Supreme Court· 1994-06-24· cited 1,023×
• Schneider National Carriers, Inc. v. Bates
  Texas Supreme Court· 2004-10-01· cited 346×
• Marcus Cable Associates, L.P. v. Krohn
  Texas Supreme Court· 2002-11-05· cited 315×
• Barney v. Keokuk
  Supreme Court· 1877-04-23· cited 297×
• Westgate, Ltd. v. State
  Texas Supreme Court· 1992-12-02· cited 290×
• Drye v. Eagle Rock Ranch, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1963-01-30· cited 282×
• Oregon Ex Rel. State Land Board v. Corvallis Sand & Gravel Co.
  Supreme Court· 1977-01-12· cited 238×
• Holmstrom v. Lee
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2000-08-10· cited 221×
• Norton Co. v. Department of Revenue of Ill.
  Supreme Court· 1951-05-21· cited 206×
• Nebraska v. Iowa
  Supreme Court· 1892-02-29· cited 196×
• Hughes v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1967-12-11· cited 168×
• Town of Flower Mound v. Stafford Estates Ltd. Partnership
  Texas Supreme Court· 2004-05-07· cited 122×
• Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Department of Environmental Protection
  Supreme Court· 2010-06-17· cited 120×
• Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Mississippi
  Supreme Court· 1988-05-16· cited 117×
• Atlas Chemical Industries, Inc. v. Anderson
  Texas Supreme Court· 1975-06-12· cited 104×
• Severance v. Patterson
  Fifth Circuit· 2009-04-23· cited 101×