Crouse v. Pugh’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

27 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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““This section needs no construction. Its meaning is perfectly plain, comprehensive and unambiguous. It does not limit the meaning of the word ‘highway’ to a hard-surfaced or partly hard-surfaced way or to a dirt and gravel way. It does not confine a highway to the main-travelled portion of the way or to lanes specifically designated for vehicular traffic. No exception is made as to the shoulders or slopes of a way. The nature of the way or place is not determined by whether the way is improved or consists of dirt and gravel. The paving of a way does not make it a ‘highway.’ The true test is whether the ‘way or place of whatever nature’ is ‘open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel.’ We find nothing in the context of the Motor Vehicle Code which indicates a different meaning.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Walton v. Stephens · Prillaman v. Commonwealth