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Adams v. Hoover, 493 N.W.2d 280 (Mich.App. 1992) (Further subdivision of PLSS section).

Andrews v. Barton, 974 So.2d 1144 (Fla.App. 2008) (Apportionment).

Brown v. Voss, 715 P.2d 514 (Wash 1986) (Easement interpretation).

California v. Thompson, 22 Cal.App.3d 368 (1971) (Retracement survey in Public Lands Survey System).

Corey v. City of Fort Dodge, 92 N.W. 704 (Iowa 1902) (Apportionment).

Day v. Stenger, 274 P.112 (Ida. 1929) (Lot and block surveys).

Dicus v. Allen, 619 S.W.2d 306 (Ark 1981) (Boundary by estoppel).

Diehl v. Zanger, 39 Mich. 601, 605 (1878) (Justice Cooley: "if all the lines were now subject to correction on new surveys, ... the visitation of the surveyor might well be set down as a great public calamity").

Dowdell v. Cotham, 2007 Tenn.App. LEXIS 470 (Tenn.App. 2007) (Monument which locally accepted).

Dykes v. Arnold, 129 P.3d 257 (Ore. 2006) (original surveys and center of section).

Farrell v. Gardner, 2003 Me.Super. LEXIS 250 (Maine Superior Ct. 2003) (Metes & bounds).

First National Bank of Oregon v. Townsend, 555 P.2d 477 (Ore.App. 1976) (Intent as to conveyances).

Froscher v. Fuchs, 130 So.2d 300 (Fla.App. 1961) (Apportionment).

Gilbert v. Geiger, 2008 Wisc.App LEXIS 21 (Wisc.App. 2008) (Multiple monuments). See also, Jeffery Lucas, The Pincushion Effect.

Graves v. S.E. Downey Land Surveyor, 885 A.2d 775 (Me. 2005) (Professional negligence by land surveyor).

Idaho v. Barnett, 776 P.2d 438 (Ida. 1989) (quantum of evidence under Public Lands system).

Knerr v. Mauldin, 2006 Cal.App. Unpublished LEXIS 6749 (2006) (Lot & block surveys).

Lawson v. Winemiller, 1995 Ohio App. LEXIX 2043 (Ohio App. 1995) (Junior and senior conveyances).

Olson v. Jude, 73 P.3d 809 (Mont. 2003) (Lot and block surveys).

Paragon Engineering v. Rhodes, 451 So.2d 274 (Ala. 1984) (Surveyor standard of care).

Parr v. Worley, 599 P.2d 382 (New.Mex. 1979) (Monument center).

Rivers v. Lozeau, 539 So.2d 1147 (Fla. App. 1989).

Stokes v. Kummer, 936 P.2d 4 (Wa.App. 1997) (Adverse possession of entire parcel, rather than just along a boundary).

Theriault v. Murray, 588 A.2d 720 (Me. 1991) (Questions of law v. fact, as to boundaries: what boundaries a deed refers to is a question of law, while the location of those boundaries on the face of the earth is a question of fact).

Tyson v. Edwards, 433 So.2d 549 (Fla. App. 1983).

Watts v. Shannon, 2005 Tenn.App. LEXIS 403 (Tenn.App. 2005) (Tort by surveyor).

Yeo Lai Sah Monastery v. Nelidov, 2006 Cal.App. Unpublished LEXIS 2766 (Cal.App. 2006) (Slander of title).