Cooper v. Allen’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

21 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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Applying the rule, as quoted above, we come to the same conclusion we reached in Green v. Zile, supra (at p. 348 of 225 Md.) that the undisputed facts show that Allen was entering a boulevard highway from an unfavored one controlled by a stop sign; that he did not yield the right of way to Cooper and a collision resulted; that the accident occurred within the intersection; and that no question of last clear chance is raised on appeal. We hold therefore that the failure of Allen to yield the right of way to Cooper constituted contributory negligence as a matter of law.” ( 243 Md. at 14 , 219 A. 2d at 922 ).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hardy v. Sandler

2. ““What the statutes, as interpreted by these decisions, mean is that a driver who enters, from an unfavored highway, an intersection with a favored boulevard or arterial highway where there are no traffic controls must yield the right of way to all the traffic he finds there during the entire time he is there. If he does not, and a collision results, he is at fault and cannot recover against the other driver unless the doctrine of last clear chance enters the case.” (Emphasis supplied.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Trionfo v. R. J. Hellman, Inc.