Lefevre v. Roberts’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 14 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““If the automobile was 400 feet from the intersection when the driver of the truck started to cross (and upon this we must accept the truck driver’s testimony), then it cannot be said as a matter of law that he was guilty of negligence, even though he made no further observation of the oncoming auto. Whether the truck driver was negligent in fact was an issue for the jury. ’ ’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wallace v. Rosenfeld

2. ““The question is close, little help is afforded by cases, with their varying facts, and the doubt should be solved by verdict of a jury. ’ ’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sak v. Waldecker