Hedges v. Conder’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

54 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 55 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A vehicle shall be driven upon the right half of the roadway upon all roadways of sufficient width except as follows: [[Image here]] a. When overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction under the rules governing such movement. b. When an obstruction exists making it necessary to drive to the left of the center of the roadway, provided, any person so doing shall yield the right of way to all vehicles traveling in the proper direction upon the unobstructed portion of the roadway within such distance as to constitute an immediate hazard. e. Upon a roadway divided into three marked lanes for traffic under the rules applicable thereon. d. Upon a roadway restricted to one-way traffic.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bannon v. Pfiffner

2. “Crossing at other than crosswalk. Every pedestrian crossing a roadway at any point other than within a marked crosswalk or within an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection shall yield the right of way to all vehicles upon the roadway except that cities and towns may restrict such a crossing by ordinance.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ackerman Ex Rel. Ackerman v. James

3. ““Every pedestrian crossing a roadway at any point other than within a marked crosswalk * * * shall yield the right of way to all vehicles upon the roadway * * * .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Manley v. Janssen