Temple v. Moses’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

36 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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Common sense, reasonable caution and prudence dictate that the driver of the stopped vehicle, before entering the main artery of travel, shall look, and not enter into the public highway without seeing that such movement can be made with safety. He is under a duty to see what is in plain sight.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Oliver v. Forsyth · Spencer v. Kirby

2. “`[T]he discretion of the able, learned and experienced trial judge . . . will not be interfered with upon review of this Court, unless some injustice has been done.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Reil v. Commonwealth · 41 Va. App. 61 - Schwartz v. Commonwealth

3. “Parties to litigation are entitled to a fair and impartial trial by a jury of persons who `stand indifferent in the cause.' `The right to a fair and impartial trial in a civil case is as fundamental as it is in a criminal case.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Roberts v. CSX Transp., Inc.