Stewart v. Lowe’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““When the motorist having the right of way should reasonably realize in time that the inferior traffic will continue its approach and will obstruct the superior motorist’s passage across the intersection, he is derelict in his duty, and thus guilty of negligence, should he fail to take every precaution possible to avoid a collision.” Randall v. Baton Rouge Bus Company, Inc., 240 La. 527 , 124 So.2d 535 . See also Stewart v. Lowe, La.App., 140 So.2d 231 ; Starnes v. Mury, La.App., 90 So.2d 901 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Pelous v. Stepter