Hempfling v. Patterson’s Empirical Analysis
1964
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
April 1984
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Gunning v. Cooley · Baldonado v. California · Atlas Building Products Co. v. Diamond Block & Gravel Co. · Alston v. Forsythe · State, Use of Taylor v. Barlly
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The court has been referred to no Maryland case bearing upon the question of whether or not a sled is a ‘vehicle 5 within the laws relating to traffic. If, as would appear to be the case, the use of the broader word ‘vehicle 5 (rather than motor vehicle) is advertent in sections 233 and 242, a strong argument can be made that one riding in a wagon, or upon a sled or other gravity operated mechanism, is in or upon a device by which person or property may be transported, and is the driver of a ‘vehicle’ required to come to a full stop at the entrance to a through highway or at a stop sign, and yield the right of way. Indeed, apart from the physical problem of how a stop is to be effected, the need for the complete stop by a brakeless vehicle is, if anything, greater than in the case of the ordinary ‘motor vehicle.’ ””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““Vehicles. Every device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, excepting devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks or propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires, but not operated upon rails or tracks.” 9”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““Motor Vehicle. Every vehicle which is self-propelled except vehicles operated exclusively upon rails or propelled by electric power obtained from overhead wires, but not operated upon rails or tracks.” 8”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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