State v. Lasswell’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““When applied to property, 'designed’ ordinarily refers to the purpose for which it has been constructed [26A C.J.S. 863], and the purpose contemplated and intended by the manufacturer, not the purchaser, usually becomes the controlling factor. (Citations). “ * * * ⅛ motor vehicle designed * * * for carrying freight and merchandise’ [Section 301.010(1)], is a motor vehicle suitable and adapted for the purpose, intended by the manufacturer, of the transportation of goods and tangible articles of commerce, whatever they may be. “ * * * defendant’s argument loses sight of the fact that the determinative issue was not whether defendant’s pickup actually had been used for carrying merchandise * * * but rather was whether his pickup was a ‘motor vehicle designed * * * for carrying freight and merchandise’ * * * i. e., whether it was suitable and adapted for the purpose, intended by the manufacturer, of the transportation of goods and tangible articles of commerce, whatever they might have been.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. English v. Old American Insurance Company