Shepherd v. Marcum’s Empirical Analysis
1960
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
February 1964
most recently cited
4 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Lewis v. Wolk · Schechter v. Hann · Ralston v. Dossey · Dunning v. Kentucky Utilities Co. · Black Mountain Corp. v. Partin's Administrator
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Even if the appellant had been confronted with an emergency, the reasonableness of his conduct in driving off the highway would have been a question for the jury.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Taylor v. Cirino
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.