Ott v. Wilson’s Empirical Analysis
1921
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
5
states following
April 1938
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Fisher v. O'Brien · Harnau v. Haight · Norris v. Detroit United Railway · Brockmiller v. Industrial Works · Clarke v. Case
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.
““One restriction on his speed is that he shall keep the machine under such control and operate it at such speed that he can stop the machine and avoid an obstruction or other- traveler within the distance that the highway is illuminated by his lights.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.