347 So. 2d 281 - Richards v. Marlow’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Loescher v. Parr · Saxton v. Plum Orchards, Inc. · Simmons v. Beauregard Parish School Board · 315 So. 2d 883 - Simmons v. Beauregard Parish School Board · Succession of Dykes
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The essence of assumption of the risk is twofold: first, knowledge and appreciation of a danger, and second, a voluntary encountering of it. The essence of contributory negligence is simply carelessness.”
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.