Spooner v. Russell

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that the rights of ownership include “the right to exclusive possession” and “the right to manage use by others”
• stating that, under Texas law, next of kin have no right to possess a body other than for burial and final disposition
• observing that \[s]ome scholars have observed that there are eleven core rights in the bundle of property rights\ and that\[m]any jurisdictions use variations of these rights to form the notion of 'fee simple' ownership ofreal property\
• acknowledging a longstanding recognition by Texas courts of a quasi-property interest in remains to direct burial
• acknowledging a longstanding recognition by Texas courts of a quasi-property interest in remains to direct burial
• “If the petition potentially includes even one covered claim under the policy, the insurer must defend the entire lawsuit.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).