Smith v. Tatum’s Empirical Analysis
1957
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 2 district · 26 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 31 later decisions — most recently August 1994 · most notably Parker v. Leavitt, Adm'r (1960), Mawyer v. Thomas (1958)
3 federal appellate · 2 district · 26 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Richter v. Seawell · Keen v. Harman · Hale v. . Hale · Virginia Transit Co. v. Durham · Katherine M. Davis v. Lillie Williams
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.
“In the present case decedent volunteered to go with the defendant to give her a driving lesson. There was no mutual or reciprocal benefit to him in being transported by the defendant. Neither of them expected or intended that any business or contractual relationship would be thereby created, but the service being rendered to the defendant was considered by both as a gratuitous and friendly act, prompted only by family relationship and interest.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Jennings v. Hodges““The doctrine [of res ipsa loquitur] is inapplicable here because the defendant did not have exclusive control. The decedent was present in the automobile because the statute required the defendant to have a licensed driver on the front seat with her. This was obviously for the purpose that he give directions and exercise control if the occasion required.” [Emphasis supplied.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Corbett v. Curtis
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.