Bernstein v. Carmichael’s Empirical Analysis
1951
Citation profile
18
cited by 18 later decisions
1
states following
November 1968
most recently cited
18 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Nadeau v. Perkins · Connor v. Giles · Nason v. West · Lewiston Trust Co. v. Deveno · Beaulieu v. Portland 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Automobiles should be driven at all times with a degree of care commensurate with attending circumstances, but one driving along such a highway as that here involved is under no duty to anticipate children dropping from trees, or running into his path from between motor vehicles parked along the curbs.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Bean v. Butler““Inferences based on mere conjecture or probabilities””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Glazier v. Tetrault
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.