12 Ill. App. 2d 198 - Louis v. Youngren’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate · 10 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““An individual or a corporation carrying on an activity which can be lawfully carried on only under a franchise, granted by public authority and which involves an unreasonable risk of, harm to others, is subject to liability for bodily harm caused to such others by the negligence of a contractor employed to do work in carrying on the activity.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Gudgel v. Southern Shippers, Inc. · 37 Ill. App. 3d 433 - Schedler v. Rowley Interstate Transportation Co.

2. ““* * * We think reasonable men would agree that in the absence of an order to take a specific route, there was no substantial deviation when Earle drove to the Youngren terminal to pick up his clothes and then drove to La Crosse, Indiana, to stay overnight at his own home. Therefore, the court was not in error in refusing to give the requested instructions on deviation.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Intercoast Jobbers & Brokers v. Barber