Novak v. Laptad’s Empirical Analysis
1949
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
1
states following
June 1980
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Remmenga v. Selk · Simcho v. Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway Co. · Allen v. Clark · Koehn v. City of Hastings · Folken v. Petersen
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Contributory negligence ... is such an act or omission on the part of a plaintiff, amounting to a want of ordinary care, as, concurring or cooperating with the negligent act of the defendant, is a proximate cause ... of the injury complained of. . . .” [Citation omitted.]”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.