Perry v. Herrin’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"The scene of the accident is on Louisiana Highway No. 457, also known as Latanier Road, a two-way, two-lane, blacktopped secondary road, running generally north and south through a rural farm area. The asphalt pavement is 20 feet wide with shoulders on each side of about 5 feet. For at least ¾ of a mile south of the scene, the road is straight, but immediately north of the scene it curves gradually to the west and there is a curve sign on the east shoulder about 500 feet south of the curve. The speed limit is 60 miles per hour. "The accident occurred on March 14, 1966 at about 11:30 a. m. Rain had fallen earlier in the day and the pavement was wet, but it was only `misty' at the time of the collision. "A sign repair crew, 3 employees of the Department of Highways, had parked their truck, headed north, on the east side of the highway, about 6 feet north of the curve sign, which they intended to change to a larger size. A preponderance of the evidence shows that the left-hand wheels of the truck extended out into the northbound lane of traffic, partially obstructing it. A northbound vehicle had to go partially into the west lane of traffic to pass the truck. "The plaintiff, Willie Herrin, is the only eyewitness to the collision. Mrs. Perry could remember nothing about the accident. The 3 Highway Department employees were in the cab of their truck. They heard Herrin pass and heard the collision, but their windshield was fogged and they saw nothing. "Herrin's version of the acci”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Herrin v. Perry

2. “"The crew testified they stopped here [main traveled part of the highway] to change the curve sign to a larger size. They did not park farther on the shoulder for fear of bogging down. They stayed in the parked truck for over 30 minutes because it was raining. Statements of other witnesses show that although it was `misty', there was not enough rain for anyone else to stop working or even to use their windshield wipers. About 114 steps south of the place where the highway truck was parked, there was a driveway on each side of the road where the truck could easily have parked entirely off the highway." 215 So.2d 167, 169, 170 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Herrin v. Perry