Willett v. McCormick’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 federal appellate · 2 district · 12 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““. . . that plaintiff does not allege his petition that at tire time of the collision, Nevin E. Rohrer was operating the truck on the business of the defendant, Lowell D. Hoover, and that under the doctrine of respondeat superior, a necessary ultimate fact for recovery is an allegation that the servant was acting within the scope of his employment at the time of the accident.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Belin v. Hoover

2. ““ ‘Plaintiff’s automobile was struck by a truck which was traveling north on Van Burén street, which truck was owned by the defendants and negligently driven by the agent, servant and employee of the defendants. That the proximate cause of such collision was the carelessness and negligence of the driver of said truck, as hereinafter set out.’ ” (p. 658.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Campbell v. Kansas Power & Light Co.

3. ““The petition must contain: . . . Second. A statement of the facts constituting the cause of action, in ordinary and concise language, and without repetition.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Nett Ex Rel. Nett v. Wetta