Tyson v. Bernhard’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. ““The Court instructs the Jury that if you find and believe from the evidence that on the 19th day of August 1955, the plaintiff, John N. Maul, was driving his 1952 Dodge automobile northwardly upon U. S. Highway 61-67, about one-half mile south of the Junction of said highway with Bailey Road and that at the same time and place, the defendant, Victor Filimon was operating a 1949 Mercury Station Wagon over and upon said highway, traveling in the same direction of plaintiff’s automobile, and immediately following the same, and if you further find and believe from the evidence that at said time and place, the plaintiff signalled with an electrical signalling device which displayed a signal plainly visible from the rear to make a left turn from the inside lane of the two north bound lanes of said highway, if you so- find, and that the defendant did not exercise the highest degree of care in keeping a lookout ahead to observe plaintiff’s automobile and its movements and in keeping the car operated by defendant under control so as to avoid a collision and if you further find that such conduct on the defendant’s part, if any, was negligence and that as a direct result thereof, the defendant operated said Mercury Station Wagon into the plaintiff’s automobile, and that plaintiff was not negligent in the operation of his automobile, then your verdict will be for the plaintiff and against the defendant.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Maul v. Filimon