132 So. 2d 75 - Benoit v. Vincent’s Empirical Analysis
1961
Citation profile
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Youngblood v. Robison · Henderson v. Central Mutual Insurance Company · Randall v. Baton Rouge Bus Company · Steele Ex Rel. Steele v. State Farm Mutual Insurance · 83 So. 2d 667 - Gautreaux v. Southern Farm Bureau Casualty 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"The driver with the right of way is ordinarily entitled to proceed towards and into the intersection upon the assumption that inferior traffic will respect his superior right to proceed, unless he should reasonably realize in time to avoid an accident that the inferior traffic will continue into the intersection in disregard of the right of way. Randall v. Baton Rouge Bus Co., 240 La. 527 , 124 So.2d 535 ; Youngblood v. Robison, 239 La. 338 , 118 So.2d 431 ; Henderson v. Central Mutual Ins. Co., 238 La. 250 , 115 So.2d 339 ; Steele for Use and Benefit of Steele v. State Farm Mutual Ins. Co., 235 La. 564 , 105 So.2d 222 ; Fontenot v. Liberty Mutual Ins. Co., La.App., 3 Cir., 130 So.2d 462 ; Warner v. Insurance Co. of State of Pennsylvania, La.App., 3 Cir., 129 So.2d 320 ; Hernandez v. State Farm Mutual Auto Ins. Co., La.App., 3 Cir., 128 So.2d 833 ; Andrea v. Hicks, La.App. 3 Cir., 125 So.2d 251 ." (Emphasis added.)”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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