Coleman v. Nelson’s Empirical Analysis
1928
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
2
states following
December 1942
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Hornek Brothers v. Strubel, by Next Friend · Knapp v. Gibbs · Louisville Railway Co. v. Basler · Robson v. Zumstein Taxicab Co. · Louisville Railway Co. v. DeMarsh
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.
““He (appellee making the turn) had a right to assume that appellant would not drive his car at a greater rate of speed than 20 miles an hour, and if he had driven it at no greater rate of speed appellee might have passed out of the intersection before the Coleman car reached it. But if Coleman drove his car at a greater rate of speed than was allowed by law it was his negligence which brought it to the intersection in time to strike the car of Nelson. It was a question for the jury to determine whether appellee was guilty of contributory negligence and not a question for the court.” (Words in parenthesis added.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Rutherford v. Smith
How this case has been treated — in progress
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