Cathcart v. Dunn’s Empirical Analysis
1937
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
March 1939
most recently cited
2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“. . Obviously, the purpose of the statute is to have the truck so equipped that the driver can see cars which endeavor to pass. If the truck was so equipped, the driver paid no attention to it, neither did he even look to see whether there was a car beside his truck and attempting to pass. . . .””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Knight v. Hackett““Every vehicle to which this act applies shall be equipped with a mirror so located as to reflect to the operator a view of the highway for at least two hundred feet to the rear.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Knight v. Hackett
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.