Olsen v. Peerless Laundry’s Empirical Analysis
1920
Citation profile
34 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently November 1972 · most notably Pryor's Administrator v. Otter (1937), Williams v. Henderson (1949)
34 state decisions
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 Johnson v. Johnson · City of Port Townsend v. Lewis · Dimuria v. Seattle Transfer Co. · Elmendorf v. Golden · Chase v. Seattle Taxicab & Transeer Co.
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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““We have, time and again, said that one must, before undertaking to cross a street, look for approaching vehicles, but whether, after so doing and while making the crossing, he must again look or continue to look, depends on many circumstances and conditions; such as the amount of traffic; the probability of there being approaching vehicles; whether the statutes or ordinances give him the right of way; whether other objects or things have attracted his attention. Manifestly this is a question for the jury.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““Again, there was introduced in evidence an ordinance of tbe city of Seattle which expressly gave to pedestrians tbe right of way at street intersections. It may be difficult to lay down any fixed rule showing just what rights and privileges this right of way may give to pedestrians or take from tbe drivers of automobiles. It certainly does not mean that tbe driver of a truck or automobile would have tbe right to use tbe intersection without any regard for tbe rights of tbe pedestrians, or in such manner as would require tbe latter, as a matter of right, to stop and yield tbe right of way.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Elmberg v. Pielow“... Aside, however, from the question of right of way, we are greatly impressed with the idea that, had the driver used his horn, this accident would not have happened. Drivers of automobiles and auto trucks should know that the law will insist that they must sound their horns on all occasions where it can be said that, had such been done, an accident might or probably would have been avoided....”
1 later decision 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.