Granley v. Crandall’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

20 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““* * * To sustain the burden of proving lack of consent will require a strong showing that the car was being used by the child without the parent’s knowledge and contrary to his explicit instructions * *”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Dellwo · Shelby Mutual Insurance Co. v. Kleman

2. “Nevertheless, we have concluded that the policy of Minn.St. 170.54 is better served by holding as a matter of law that where a parent permits his child to use his car, he is deemed to have given consent to the operation of his vehicle by any third person driving with the child’s permission”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jones v. Fleischhacker

3. ““Whenever any motor vehicle shall be operated within this state, by any person other than the owner, with the consent of the owner, express or implied, the operator thereof shall in case of accident, be deemed the agent of the owner of such motor vehicle in the operation thereof.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Shelby Mutual Insurance Co. v. Kleman