McQuown v. Phaup’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. ““The court instructs the jury that the law provides the driver of any vehicle upon a highway within a business or residential district, shall yield the right of way to a pedestrian crossing such highway within any clearly marked crosswalk or any regular pedestrian crossing included in the prolongation of the lateral boundary lines of the adjacent sidewalk at the end of a block, except at intersections where the movement of traffic is being regulated by traffic officers or traffic direction devices.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Miller v. Jones

2. ““This shall not entitle the pedestrian to enter or cross the intersection, regardless of approaching traffic, but shall be interpreted to require vehicles to change their course, slow, down, or come to a complete stop if necessary to permit pedestrians to safely and expeditiously negotiate the crossing.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Miller v. Jones

3. ““From this it will be seen that while a pedestrian can neither enter nor cross intersections regardless of approaching traffic, she has under the statute the right of way. This right, when not abused, must be upheld.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Miller v. Jones