Owens v. Gresham’s Empirical Analysis
1972
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
June 2008
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Funderburke Ex Rel. Dawes v. Johnson
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`A person riding in a motor vehicle is a guest if his transportation confers a benefit only upon himself and no benefit upon the owner or operator except such as is incident to hospitality, social relations, companionship, or the like as a mere gratuity.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Whether one is a passenger or a guest depends largely upon the facts and circumstances of each particular case.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.