Vallette v. Maison Blanche Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1947
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 10 later decisions — most recently April 2007
2 federal appellate · 8 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on 15 La. App. 603 - Horrell v. Gulf & Valley Cotton Oil Co. · Lykiardopoulo v. New Orleans & C. R., Light & Power · Petrie v. Kaufmann & Baer Co. · New Castle City v. Withers · Ross v. Sisters of Charity of Incarnate Word
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.
“"* * * his duty as to protecting the passengers in his elevator from danger is the same as that applicable for the carrier of passengers by other means, and he is bound to do all that human care, vigilance, and foresight can reasonably suggest under the circumstances, * * *" (emphasis ours)”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“"But even where the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur is to be applied there must first be proof of an unusual occurrence such as a jolt or a jar."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““ * * * it is settled in Louisiana that the operator of such an elevator is under obligations similar in many respects to those imposed by law upon common carriers * * * ””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.