Byrd v. Isgitt’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““[1,2] The general rule is that where a person reasonably believes he is threatened with bodily harm he may use whatever force appears to be reasonably necessary to protect himself. Each case depends on its own facts, such as the relative size, age and strength of the parties, their reputations for violence, the degree of physical harm reasonably feared and the presence or absence of weapons. Roberts v. American Employers Insurance Company, Boston, Mass., La.App., 221 So.2d 550 (3rd Cir. 1969).””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hesse v. Busby · Douget v. Johnson