Hartley v. Berg’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

23 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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ * * * It is also undisputed that defendant drove past a sign with the word “slow” upon it, which, by looking, he could have seen. * * * “In the case at bar, the mountain road with a deep canyon to the defendant’s left and the high way sign of warning given by the word ‘slow’ proclaimed danger.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Keefer v. Givens

2. ““Buies of the road similar to ours, which require the operation of automobiles upon the right-hand side of the roadway, do not contemplate strict compliance with their provisions except when a car meets and passes another coming from the opposite direction.” (Italics ours.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. SPENCE, ADM'X v. Rasmussen

3. ““The trial court should have submitted the question to the jury as to whether or not defendant’s driving upon his left side of the highway constituted negligence.” 145 Or at 53 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lindner v. Ahlgren