Kenney v. Hoerr’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

20 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “on the plaintiff to establish by a preponderance or greater weight of the evidence, the facts necessary to a verdict in his favor under these instructions”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Thompson v. Byers Transp. Co. · Kunz v. Munzlinger

2. ““It is true section. 24, par. (b), of the same law, Laws Mo.1921 (1st Ex.Sess.) pp. 76, 100, [now § 304.120] permits municipalities by ordinance to make additional rules of the road or traffic regulations to meet their needs, and to establish one-way streets and provide for the regulation of vehicles thereon. This being so, if an ordinance be en-, acted under sanction of the state law, it will be valid as an additional regulation. On the other hand, if the ordinance make a requirement contrary to the state law with respect to a matter on which the state law is intended to be controlling, the ordinance cannot stand.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. City of St. Louis v. Stenson

3. “All vehicles when in operation shall be kept as close to the right-hand side of the highway as practicable”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Stutte v. Brodtrick