11 Wash. App. 509 - Hulse v. Driver’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
42 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 44 later decisions — most recently December 2007 · most notably 98 Wash. 2d 434 - Wilson v. Steinbach (1982), Holmes Ex Rel. Holmes v. Circo (1976)
42 state decisions — followed in 10 states
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on 5 Cal. 3d 153 - Vesely v. Sager · Hamm v. Carson City Nugget, Inc. · Carr v. Turner · Curley v. General Valet Service, Inc. · Wiener v. Gamma Phi Chapter of Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity
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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It may be that the social and economic consequences of "mixing gasoline and liquor" should lead to a rule of accountability by those who furnish intoxicants to one who becomes a tort-feasor by reason of intoxication, but such a policy decision should be made by the legislature after full investigation, debate and examination of the relative merits of the conflicting positions.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“"Furnishing liquor to minors—Possession, use. Except in the case of liquor given or permitted to be given to a person under the age of twenty-one years by his parent or guardian for beverage or medicinal purposes, or administered to him by his physician or dentist for medicinal purposes, no person shall give, or otherwise supply liquor to any person under the age of twenty-one years, or permit any person under that age to consume liquor on his premises or on any premises under his control. It is unlawful for any person under the age of twenty-one years to acquire or have in his possession or consume any liquor except as in this section provided and except when such liquor is being used in connection with religious services."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“The affidavits and depositions show Michael's vehicle was used by other family members on only three or four occasions during the 8 or 9 month period from the time he purchased the vehicle until the accident in question. Each such use was with Michael Driver's express permission or for his own benefit.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.