Rochon v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
10 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 10 later decisions — most recently August 2023
10 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 Tetro v. Town of Stratford · Sabia v. State · Denis Bail Bonds, Inc. v. State · Mellin v. Flood Brook Union School District · Wright v. City of Knoxville
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) The provisions of this traffic code regulating the operation, parking and standing of vehicles shall apply to authorized emergency vehicles, as hereinbefore defined; except as follows: a driver when operating any such vehicle in an emergency, except when otherwise directed by a police officer may: (1) Park or stand notwithstanding the provisions of this traffic code; (2) Proceed past a red light or stop signal or stop sign, but only after slowing down as may be necessary for safe operation; (3) Exceed the speed limits so long as he or she does not endanger life or property; (4) Disregard regulations governing direction of movement or turning in specified directions so long as he or she does not endanger life or property. (b) The exemptions provided for herein with reference to the movement of an authorized emergency vehicle shall apply only when the driver of such vehicle sounds a siren, bell or exhaust whistle as may be reasonably necessary, and the vehicle displays a lighted red lamp, or in the case of the Honolulu police department only, a lighted blue lamp, visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of 500 feet to the front of such vehicle as a warning to others. (c) The foregoing exemptions shall not, however, protect the driver of any such vehicle from the consequences of his or her ordinary negligence or reckless disregard of the safety and property rights of others.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Pogoso v. Sarae“(a) Except as otherwise provided by county ordinance, upon the immediate approach of an authorized emergency vehicle making use of audible and visual signals, the driver of every other vehicle shall yield the right-of-way and shall immediately drive to a position clear of any intersection and parallel to, and as close as possible to, the right hand edge or curb of the highway or the nearest edge or curb when the highway has multiple lanes or when the highway is a divided highway or one-way street and shall stop and remain in such position until the authorized emergency vehicle is passed, except as otherwise directed by a police officer. (b) This section shall not operate to relieve the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons using the highway.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Pogoso v. Sarae“The waiver requires plaintiffs to show that their allegations, taken as true, will satisfy the necessary elements of their comparable state cause of action.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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