Buffington v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis
1965
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
March 1987
most recently cited
4 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Ward v. George · Brand v. Rorke · Smith v. McEachin · Simms v. Tingle · Whittecar v. Cheatham
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.
“confers a benefit only on the person to whom the ride is given and no benefits other than such are incidental to hospitality, companionship or the like [are conferred] upon the person extending the invitation, the passenger is a guest.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“the mutual interests of both the passenger and the driver for their common benefit, or if it is primarily for the attainment of some objective or purpose of the operator, the passenger is not a guest.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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