Clark v. Carson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ ‘As used in the Statute, “running at large” is the strolling, without restraint or confinement, as wandering, roving and rambling at will without restraint. Suffering or permitting an animal to go at large implies knowledge, consent, or willingness on the part of the owner, or such negligent conduct as is equivalent thereto; but does not comprehend a case where animals escape from their owner, after due precaution to secure them has been taken, and without fault or negligence on his part, and he makes immediate and suitable efforts to recover them.’ ” Cooper v. Eberly, 211 Kan. at 668 ; Clark v. Carson, 188 Kan. at 265 .”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Shuck v. Cook · Cooper v. Eberly

2. ““whether the defendant was negligent, or whether the plaintiff was driving at a speed greater than was reasonable and prudent under the circumstances, or whether he failed to exercise ordinary care for his own safety, were all questions of fact upon which the minds of reasonable men might differ.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Shuck v. Cook