193 So. 2d 717 - Shaw v. Phillips’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"We do not decide whether the evidence is overwhelming in favor of appellee. That question is not before us. Even where the evidence is such that a judgment for the adverse party would have to be set aside as being contrary to the overwhelming weight of the evidence, it does not necessarily follow that a party is entitled to a directed verdict."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 260 So. 2d 847 - Davis v. Flippen · 499 So. 2d 766 - Rucker v. Hopkins

2. “It is negligence to operate a vehicle while intoxicated. However, this negligence, as any negligence, must be causally related to the accident.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Callender v. Cockrell · Marsh v. Johnson

3. “[c]ertainly it would be a question for the jury to determine, whether or not the appellee was guilty of negligence in failing to use her brakes and slow her vehicle down so that, when it appeared Dr. White was not going to obey the stop sign and bring his vehicle to a stop, she would have had her vehicle under control and would have been able to avoid the collision.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 863 So. 2d 1027 - Clark v. Clark