Perdue v. Copeland’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “* * * The giving of the charge on last clear chance should be the exception and not the rule * * *. It should never be given when, as in the case at bar, the evidence shows without dispute that the plaintiff (or his decedent, in a wrongful death action) were guilty of negligence that continued up to the time of impact and was a substantial factor in the resulting collision. * * *”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 223 So. 2d 362 - Berman Leasing Co. v. Price · Box v. South Georgia Railway Co.

2. “* * * the last clear chance doctrine `* * * can never apply to a case where the negligence of the person injured continued up to the very moment of the injury, and was a contributory and efficient cause thereof.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Box v. South Georgia Railway Co. · Box v. South Georgia Railway Co.

3. ““We again remind that an instruction on the doctrine of last clear chance should be given only where the evidence clearly demonstrates its applicability. It is by no means a routine judicial observation to be included perfunctorily in the jury instructions in negligence cases.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Koch v. Cantin