Thorton v. Aronoff’s Empirical Analysis
279 F.2d 39 · 1960
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Malitovsky v. Harshaw Chemical Co. · Dubrock v. Interstate Motor Freight System · Usher v. Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad · Witmer v. Bessemer & Lake Erie R. R. · Halbach v. Robinson Bros.
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`[i]t is only in those cases where contributory negligence is so clearly revealed that fair and reasonable individuals would not disagree as to its existence that it may be declared judicially.' * * * `It is only in clear cases where the facts are undisputed and but one inference can be drawn from them that courts can declare as a matter of law a party guilty of contributory negligence * * *.'”
2 later decisions 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.