Schoonmaker v. Kaltenbach’s Empirical Analysis
1940
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
November 1958
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Heckel v. Standard Gateway Theater, Inc. · Erbe v. Maes · Allison v. Wm. Doerflinger Co. · Brown v. Gaulke
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Courts have been hesitant to sustain findings that walking surfaces are unsafe or defective by reason of slight irregularities or projections. . . . “We are of the view that a projection of the brass strip one sixteenth of an inch above the rubber mat upon the inside portion of the nosing of the step is too inconsequential to constitute a violation of the safety statute, sec. 101.06.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.