Smith v. Morse’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““we are of the opinion that the evidence would not warrant a finding that the condition complained of had existed so long that the defendants knew or ought to have known of it and accordingly that the evidence did not warrant a finding that the defendant was negligent. ’ ’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kobs v. Trustees of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad