Dudley v. Surles’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 15 state decisions

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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"* * * the locus of the collision could not be termed the intersection of a highway, so as to make applicable the quoted statutory provision, because the dirt road running east and west is not clearly defined and there is nothing to distinguish it from the ordinary plantation crossing. * * *"”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Babineaux v. Sims · 75 So. 2d 37 - King v. Willis

2. “"The driver of a vehicle shall not, under any circumstances, overtake or pass another vehicle proceeding in the same direction at any * * * intersection of the highway * * *."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 75 So. 2d 37 - King v. Willis · 92 So. 2d 107 - Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. v. Baumgardner

3. ““A motorist who is about to make a left turn should carefully survey the surroundings to ascertain whether traffic conditions warrant the action he is about to take and if he fails to do so, he acts at his own peril and responsibility. A left turn on a public highway is an exceedingly hazardous maneuver and a motorist desirous of attempting that movement must first see that it can be made in safety.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 66 So. 2d 366 - Holden v. Rester