Jones v. Gray’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate ·

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

1. “* * * “The important question for the jury to determino in this case was whether or not Gray was acting in good faith. Obviously that was a question of fact for the jury. It seems to us that there is ample evidence to support the jury’s finding that Gray was not acting in good faith in performing or in attempting to perform his duties as an air raid warden at the time of the collision. Defendant’s contention that her intestate’s good faith and honest intention must be conclusively presumed as a matter of law from the single fact alone that at the time of the collision he was proceeding in the general direction of his air raid post, and irrespective of all the other evidence as to his conduct prior to that time, is without merit.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Smith v. Town of Orangetown

2. ““§ 40. Immunity from liability. “1. Neither the state nor any municipality thereof, nor their agencies, agents or representatives, nor any member of a municipal or volunteer agency, nor any individual, partnership, corporation, association, trustee, receiver or any of the agents thereof, in good faith carrying out, complying with or attempting to comply with any law or duly promulgated rule, regulation or order as defined in subdivision eleven of section two of this act or any federal law or any order issued by federal or state military authorities relating to civilian protection, shall be liable for any injury or death to persons or damage to property as the result of such activity.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Smith v. Town of Orangetown