William v. Boynton, Jr. v. Gordon G. Ryan’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 12 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““. . . Further, we do not see any connection between a duty to shout ‘fore’ after the shot and the prevention of the plaintiff’s injury. Golf balls travel at great speeds and can change directions suddenly. We have no showing that from the time it became apparent, if it ever did, that plaintiff was in danger of being hit, the defendant’s warning, if he had a duty to give warning, would have made any difference. In the reported instances where the belated call has been given, the target has only had time to turn a more vital organ toward the flight of the ball.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 6 Wash. App. 885 - Wood v. Postelthwaite · 207 Cal. App. 2d 473 - Strand v. Conner

2. ““The risk of being . . hit, with a chance to catch the foul and keep the ball, is one of the exciting thrills of attendance at the game. The fan cannot recover if the ball hits him instead of his catching it.” Boynton v. Ryan, 257 F.2d 70 (1958).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jones v. Three Rivers Management Corp.