Oshogay v. Schultz’s Empirical Analysis

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5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““. . . we are convinced that he [defendant] was guilty of negligence as a matter of law and should have been so found. Certainly, one is guilty of negligence as a matter of law who fires a revolver with as little effort to control the course of the bullet as defendant . . . exercised .... [Defendant’s] act under the circumstances indicates a recklessness and a disregard for the safety and security of his patrons. . , . He did not, it is true, intend to shoot the plaintiff, but he did intend to fire the gun; the sole question was whether such act constituted negligence.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 69 Wis. 2d 119 - De Bauche v. Knott