Domm v. Hollenbeck’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

30 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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The owner or keeper of a domestic animal of a species not inclined to mischief, such as dogs, horses, and oxen, is not liable for any injury committed by it to the person of another, unless it be shown that the animal had a mischievous propensity to commit such an injury, and the owner had notice of it, or that the injury was attributable to some other neglect on his part. If the owner of a vicious animal knows its character and disposition to commit injury to mankind he is liable for all injuries it may inflict.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Allen v. Green Acres Farm, Inc.

2. “There is no rule as to the number of instances of a mischievous disposition shown by a dog to constitute notice, and if it were proved and not denied that a dog had attacked some person or manifested a disposition to do so it might be sufficient, and evidence that he acted peaceably at some other time would not tend to disprove the specific act.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Klatz v. Pfeffer

3. “Proof may be made by evidence of facts and circumstances from which an inference of knowledge arises.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 2 Ill. App. 3d 415 - Steichman v. Hurst