Thomas v. Steppert’s Empirical Analysis
1930
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
3
states following
April 1956
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Klein v. Beeten · Musbach v. Wisconsin Chair Co. · Cleary v. Eckart · Sommerfield v. Flury · Quass v. Milwaukee Gas Light Co.
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Plaintiff knew that the defendant had recently acquired this car, that he was learning to drive it, that but a few days before he did not consider himself sufficiently qualified to ask her to ride with him, and under these circumstances she assumed the dangers incident to his lack of experience.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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