Brown v. Lilli’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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

1. ““The accident occurred in the daytime and the facts display nothing to indicate that plaintiff could not have seen defendant’s approaching automobile had she made proper observation before attempting to cross the pavement. On the contrary, it stands undisputed that she could have had a clear unobstructed view of the road and could have seen defendant for a distance of 1,215 feet. Although she testified that she did look and saw nothing, if she looked and failed to see that which was plainly visible, she will be held in point of law to have seen it and guilty of contributory negligence. Molda v. Clark, 236 Mich. 277 ; Neeb v. Jacobson, 245 Mich. 678 .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Carey v. De Rose