Linhart v. Lawson’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
29
cited by 29 later decisions
1
states following
March 2016
most recently cited
25 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on James v. Jane · Messina v. Burden · Kellam v. School Board · Lentz v. Morris · Schwartz v. Brownlee
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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In case ... the school board is the owner, or operator through medium of a driver, of, or otherwise is the insured under the policy upon, a vehicle involved in an accident, the locality or school board shall be subject to action up to, but not beyond, the limits of valid and collectible insurance in force to cover the injury complained of ... and the defense of governmental immunity shall not be a bar to action or recovery.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Abrogation of the common law requires that the General Assembly plainly manifest an intent to do so.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.