Cobourn v. Morrison’s Empirical Analysis
1961
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
February 1968
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Brehm v. Lorenz · Leizear v. Butler · Martin v. Rossignol · Baltimore Transit Co. v. Prinz · Todd v. Ferrell
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““We have held that in situations of this nature just how much warning the driver of the front car must give of his intention to slow up, and what precautions the driver of the rear car must take to avoid colliding with a car which slows in front of him, cannot be formulated into a precise rule, but depend upon the facts and circumstances of each case, and the question of negligence and due care are generally left to the jury to decide.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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