Rowlands v. Parks’s Empirical Analysis
1956
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
September 1976
most recently cited
Relationships
Relies on Woloszynowski v. N.Y.C.R.R. Co. · Meyer v. Whisnant · Ward v. F. R. A. Operating Corp. · Naffky v. Yosovitz
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““When a defendant is faced with an emergency without opportunity for deliberation, thought or consideration, the ensuing accident may be within the field of nonliability for injury. Meyer v. Whisnant, 307 N.Y. 369 , 121 N.E.2d 372 ; Prosser on Torts [2d ed.], § 32, pp. 137-138.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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