Garrison v. Burns’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 16 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. ““While we are not unmindful of the weight which attaches to the verdict of a jury when the verdict has been approved by the trial court, it is the imperative function of this court to set aside the verdict of a jury, even though approved by the trial court, when the evidence does not warrant the finding of the jury.””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Moore v. Vick · Lindberg v. Goode

2. “A stop sign upon a highway is a proclamation of danger and there is in principle no difference between the duty of one driving a vehicle upon the highway to `Stop, look and listen' at a railway crossing, and the duty of one approaching a highway intersection from a secondary road to stop and look. The legislative flat to stop before entering a main highway means more than the consumption of a split second of time. It means that the stop should be made at a time when to look would be effective. At a railway crossing, unless there is a double track, a driver only has to look in two directions before proceeding to cross the track. At highway intersections, however, motor vehicles streamlined for speed and potential instruments of death (to say the least), may run in four directions over four distinct approaches. The reason for the stop sign is thus apparent.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jimmy Hoffler and Bernard Hoffler v. Richard T. Short