Polk v. Weinstein’s Empirical Analysis
1936
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
2
states following
April 1949
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Griffith v. Oak Ridge Oil Co. · 37 Cal. App. 715 - Mauchle v. Panama-Pacific Internatonal Exposition 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““A motorist must, at all times, use ordinary care to avoid colliding with another, and he must be alert and watchful so as not to place himself in danger, and while he may assume that others will use ordinary care, he cannot for that reason omit any of the care which the law demands of him. Polk v. Weinstein, 12 Cal. App. 2d 360 , 55 P. 2d 588 ; Mathers v. County of Riverside, 22 Cal. 2d 781, 785 , 141 P. 2d 419 .””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Johnson v. Updegrave
How this case has been treated — in progress
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