Athridge v. Rivas’s Empirical Analysis
312 F.3d 474 · 2002
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 10 district · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · First Nat. Bank of Ariz. v. Cities Service Co. · Lawlor v. National Screen Service Corp. · Gaither v. Myers · Rosenberg v. Murray
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Whenever any motor vehicle, after the passage of this chapter, shall be operated upon the public highways of the District of Columbia by any person other than the owner, with the consent of the owner, express or implied, the operator thereof shall in case of accident, be deemed to be the agent of the owner of such motor vehicle, and the proof of the ownership of said motor vehicle shall be prima facie evidence that such person operated said motor vehicle with the consent of the owner.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he defendant has the heavy burden of establishing non-consent.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.