Knight v. Cossitt’s Empirical Analysis
1918
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
4
states following
January 1935
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Halverson v. Blosser · Hamilton v. Vioue
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.
““An owner of an automobile is not liable for injuries caused in its operation by others unless such others were servants or agents of the owner and acting in furtherance of his business.” (Syl. IT 1.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Daily v. Schneider
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.