Carney v. Stuart’s Empirical Analysis
1960
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
1
states following
April 1985
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Borgstede v. Waldbauer · Buehler v. Festus Mercantile Co. · Perkins v. Terminal Railroad Assn. · Kimbrough v. Chervitz · Mayfield v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co.
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Whatever transpires from the standpoint of either plaintiff or defendant prior to the time that plaintiff enters into a position of imminent peril does not affect the rights of the parties thereafter.” (emphasis supplied)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.