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← 258 S.C. 46 - Owens v. Gresham

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.

  1. “`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
  2. “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.