Lea v. Gentry’s Empirical Analysis
1934
Citation profile
16 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 16 later decisions — most recently December 1973
16 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 2 Smith & H. 241 - Dedman v. Dedman
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“‘1 The distinctive principle is this: When the facts show without dispute that the guest was conscious of the peril inherent in the driver’s condition or conduct, the court may adjudge contributory negligence as a matter of law; but where either (1) the evidence is in conflict as to the facts of the occurrence, or (2) where reasonable minds may differ as to the effect of the undisputed facts of the situation disclosed on the consciousness or knowledge of the guest of the peril involved in the condition or conduct of the driver, then the question is one for the jury. ’ ’”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Kee v. Hill · Perini v. Perini““ [W]hen there can be no dispute as to his consciousness of the peril inherent in such a situation, then a question of law only remains, and the question is one for the court.” Lea v. Gentry, 167 Tenn. 664 , 73 S.W. 2d 170 (1934); Talbot v. Taylor, 184 Tenn. 428 , 201 S.W.2d 1 (1935).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“It can no longer be said that there is no room for the minds of reasonable men to differ, or to reach a different conclusion. In the instant case, viewing the facts and circumstances proven, it cannot be said that the minds of reasonable men might not differ. In fact, they have differed. The jury and trial judge and Court of Appeals *Page 473 have reached a conclusion against the deduction and conclusion of learned counsel for the defendant, petitioner here.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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