Epperson v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis
1939
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
3
states following
March 1955
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Chambers v. Hawkins · Ray v. Ray · Stephenson's Administratrix v. Sharp's Executors · Campion v. Eakle · Mattingly v. Meuter
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““But it must be remembered that the authority over and the responsibility for the management of the car rests on the driver. Therefore, the law does not hold a passenger equally bound with the driver to watch for the approach of other traffic.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Carnes v. Day
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.