Coop v. Williamson’s Empirical Analysis
173 F.2d 313 · 1949
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 9 later decisions — most recently March 2010
3 federal appellate · 6 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Erie Co v. Tompkins · 31 Tenn. App. 12 - Spivey v. St. Thomas Hospital · Inter-City Trucking Co. v. Daniels · Moody v. Gufl Refining Co. · 7 Smith & H. 197 - Vaughn v. Millington Motor Co.
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“While the relationship between the owner and the bailee of the truck is defined in the contract of bailment, the obligation resting on the owner toward members of the public and the injured person, for the purposes of this case, is created by statute. Whether the automobile is rented for hire or is simply loaned as an accommodation. . . the owner rests under an obligation not to send it out for use equipped with defective brakes.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Harris v. Duane“While automobiles and motor trucks are not per se dangerous instrumentalities, they may become so when used at places and in a manner calculated to do injury. Hence the rule that one who lets an automobile or motor truck for use in public owes the duty of exercising ordinary care to avoid putting forth a machine with defects calculated to injure persons who come in contact with it.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Dudley v. Cash“[ejvery motor vehicle when operated upon a highway shall be equipped with brakes adequate to control the movements of and to stop and hold such vehicle, and such brakes shall be maintained in good working order.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Harris v. Duane
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.