Thomas v. Dahl’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

37 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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The preferred driver (having the right of way) has .the right to assume, although not with implicit impunity, that the other driver about to enter his path of travel from a private driveway will yield to him; yet there remains the duty at all times to exercise reasonable care to avoid collision with other vehicles, and he cannot ignore their presence or possible presence. The duty to yield the right of way may depend upon whether the driver traveling at a lawful rate of speed is so close to the intersection that a prudent person under the circumstances would not have reasonable ground to believe he might safely enter the highway and would riot come within the zone of danger. The driver on the subordinate way or street is required to slow down or stop and let the vehicle on the superior way pass when their positions are such that a reasonably careful man might otherwise be in doubt as to which should go first.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Adams v. Louisville Taxicab & Transfer Co. · Siler v. Williford