Via v. Tillinghast’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"Although a driver on a through street is entitled to assume that a driver approaching an intersection from a stop street will comply with the requirement to permit traffic to clear before proceeding and will cross only in a manner so as not to interfere with approaching traffic, that does not relieve the driver on the through street from having to yield to a driver who already has preempted the intersection, even though the latter may have done so wrongfully and negligently."”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gordon's Tractor Service, Inc. v. Bilello · 292 So. 2d 34 - Walters v. McQueen

2. ““During the period of almost a decade in which summary judgments have been provided for under the 1954 Florida Rules of Civil Procedpre, it has become established beyond the need for citation of the numerous cases so holding that on hearing on motion for summary judgment the moving party has the burden of showing absence of a genuine issue of material fact; that any doubt as to the existence of such issue is to be resolved in favor of the party moved against; that the function of the court it to determine whether there is a genuine issue of any material fact and not to determine or try such issues; and that the party moved against is entitled to the benefit of all inferences of fact from the proofs offered which reasonably may be drawn in his favor.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 201 So. 2d 765 - Todd v. Waters