Sarracino v. Martinez’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 32 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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The act of a third person in committing an intentional tort or crime is a superseding cause of harm to another resulting therefrom, although the actor’s negligent conduct created a situation which afforded an opportunity to the third person to commit such a tort or crime, unless the actor at the time of his [or her] negligent conduct realized or should have realized the likelihood that such a situation might be created, and that a third person might avail himself [or herself] of the opportunity to commit such a tort or crime.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Herrera Ex Rel. Estate of Ruiz v. Quality Pontiac

2. “The existence of a duty is a question of policy to be determined with reference to legal precedent, statutes, and other principles comprising the law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gillin v. Carrows Restaurants, Inc.

3. “`if the defendant should have recognized that his or her actions were likely to lead to that criminal activity.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Chavez v. DESERT EAGLE DISTRIBUTING CO.