George v. Stanfield’s Empirical Analysis
1940
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
2
states following
December 1970
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Erie Co v. Tompkins · Mills v. Green · Fourth Nat Bank of City of New York v. Francklyn · 9 Cal. 2d 279 - McCann v. Hoffman · Shiels v. Audette
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Under such circumstances the request of the defendant was not just an invitation to ride in the automobile as an accommodation to the plaintiff, but was the desire of the defendant for the plaintiff to ride in his automobile and to assist him in carrying out the business journey, which was done at the direct request of the defendant, and for no other purpose than to assist him and for his benefit in carrying out a business journey. . . . And the defendant was under such circumstances required to use ordinary care necessary under the circumstances to prevent injury to the plaintiff, which was not exercised by him, for as has been said, he was operating his automobile at an excessive rate of speed upon a slippery highway . . .” (pp. 489, 490.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. LeClair v. Hubert
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.