Marks v. Marks’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““In the instant case, the evidence shows that the plaintiff and defendant were sleepy and tired. Defendant admits that to be true as does the plaintiff. The attendant at the gasoline station also testified that the two men appeared to be very tired and sleepy and he warned them to be careful. Defendant knew that he was sleepy and was apt to fall asleep while driving, yet he took control of the automobile and drove until he actually fell asleep which resulted in the accident whereby plaintiff was injured.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 30 Ill. App. 2d 376 - Turner v. Schaeffer

2. ““Defendant’s act did not arise from an error of judgment. It came about by reason of his failure to exercise judgment. He permitted himself to go to sleep while driving, and an act of omission may be made the basis of willful and wanton negligence, the same as an act of commission.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 30 Ill. App. 2d 376 - Turner v. Schaeffer

3. ““When I became sleepy I judge we were about four miles north of town and between a half a mile and a mile from the place of the accident. I kept driving because I thought I could make the rest of the way. I did not intend to go to sleep.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 30 Ill. App. 2d 376 - Turner v. Schaeffer