Stewart v. Bixler’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 state decisions

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

1. “"A well recognized rule is that where a collision occurs between two motor vehicles in one of two traffic lanes there is a presumption that the driver of the vehicle determined to have been in the wrong lane was negligent; and he has the burden of establishing that the collision was not caused by his negligence or that there was [sic] justifiable circumstances excusing his conduct. Kirkham v. Travelers Insurance Company, La. App., 192 So.2d 630 (2nd Cir. 1966) and those cases cited as authority therein. See also Holden v. Speights, La.App., 166 So.2d 11 (3rd Cir. 1964)."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Johnson v. Travelers Indemnity Company