Miller v. Griesel’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 federal appellate · 297 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 331 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The duty to exercise care for the safety of another arises as a matter of law out of some relation existing between the parties, and it is the province of the court to determine whether such a relation gives rise to such duty.”

   29 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Penn Harris Madison School Corp. v. Howard · Northern Indiana Public Service Co. v. Sharp

2. “Of course what constitutes due care and adequate supervision depends largely upon the circumstances surrounding the incident such as the number and age of the students left in the classroom, the activity in which they were engaged, the duration of the period in which they were left without supervision, the case of providing some alternative means of supervision and the extent to which the school board has provided and implemented guidelines and resources to insure adequate supervision.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. McClyde v. Archdiocese of Indianapolis · Wyatt Severance v. New Castle Community School Corporation a/k/a New Castle Career Center, and Turner Melton

3. “"Sovereign or governmental immunity is a complete bar to an action which will be interposed by a government defendant and will prevent liability even in a situation where tortious conduct might otherwise be clearly established."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jacobs v. City of Columbus ex rel. Police Department · Jacobs v. CITY OF COLUMBUS, ETC.