3 Wash. App. 199 - Reis v. Becker’s Empirical Analysis

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3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A person is lawfully upon the private property of such owner within the meaning of RCW 16.08.040 . . . when he is on such property in the performance of any duty imposed upon him by the laws of the state of Washington or of the United States or the ordinances of any municipality in which such property is situated.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 87 Wash. 2d 25 - Dominick v. Christensen · Hansen v. Sipe

2. “We begin by making the observation that RCW 16.08.050 qualifies the word lawful and thereby limits the imposition of absolute liability only in those instances wherein a person is bitten while on the premises of the owner of the dog.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hansen v. Sipe

3. “in the performance of any duty imposed ... by the laws ...”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hansen v. Sipe