Bagala v. Kimble’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 federal appellate · 17 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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “a two-edged sword, applicable equally to the rights of a defendant and those of a plaintiff.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sorrels v. Ryan · 133 So. 2d 917 - Dean v. Pitts

2. “Under the facts of this case it was the bicycle rider who had the better opportunity to observe the situation and apprehend the danger before it became imminent. His opportunity came as late, if not later than that of the truck driver, to avoid the accident; he had the last clear chance and is not in a position to invoke its provisions against the defendants.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sorrels v. Ryan

3. “Plaintiffs invoke the doctrine of last clear chance. In the suit of Bergeron v. Dept. of Highways, 221 La. 595 , 60 So. (2d) 4, 8 , an exhaustive review was made relating to the jurisprudence applicable to that doctrine, and we are of the opinion that what we said there is appropriate here:”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sorrels v. Ryan