Willis v. Schuster’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. ““It is therefore to be seen that the provisions of Roman Law, the holdings of French Courts, as commented upon by Laurent, and the jurisprudence of the Courts of Louisiana are in accord upon certain general principles to the effect that the owner of an animal is liable for damages caused by the animal upon' even a slight showing of negligence on the part of the owner. We think it is also clear that there is at least an inferential distinction in the degree and basis of liability, dependent upon the type and character of animal which has caused the damage * *”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Briley v. Mitchell · 75 So. 2d 559 - Thomas v. Wright

2. “The owner of an animal is answerable for the damage he has caused; but if the animal had been lost, or had strayed more than a day, he may discharge himself from this responsibility, by abandoning him to the person who has sustained the injury; except where the master has turned loose a dangerous or noxious animal, for then he must pay for all the harm done, without being allowed to make the abandonment.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 42 So. 2d 288 - Blackburn v. Chenet

3. “"The opinion of Judge Carver in Mercer v. Marston, supra, comprehends a well-considered discussion of liability, and enunciates the general rule, from which our Courts have not departed, that liability rests upon injury by an animal and fault or negligence on the part of the owner."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 124 So. 2d 792 - Durham v. Barnes