McClure v. Latta’s Empirical Analysis
1960
Citation profile
21 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 21 later decisions — most recently July 2019
21 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Altman v. Aronson · Shaw, Admr. v. Moore · Arnold v. Jennings · MacY v. Billings · Mitchell v. Walters
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"* * * We agree that there might be a difference in viewpoint as to what weight should be accorded the testimony of these obviously nonexpert witnesses since they had not made speedometer readings or testified in detail as to the basis upon which they could determine exact speed. However, their testimony was competent to be admitted for such weight as the jury might determine from a consideration of it in conjunction with all of the facts brought out at the trial. `Expert testimony may be used to aid in determining speed, but testimony of nonexpert witnesses is equally competent.' * * *"”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Colwell v. Anderson“"`* * * The rate of speed of automobiles on public streets and highways is a matter of daily observation and some knowledge by substantially all persons; it is not a matter exclusively of expert knowledge or skill. Where the rate of speed of such a vehicle is material in an action, any person of ordinary capacity and means of observation who may have observed the vehicle may give his estimate as to the rate of speed at which it was moving. The extent of his observation goes to the weight of his testimony.'"”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Colwell v. Anderson““ * * * The question has been definitely resolved in Wyoming by the case of Meyer v. Culley, 69 Wyo. 285 , 241 P.2d 87, 96 , wherein we said that ordinarily the question of negligence, whether slight or gross, is one of fact; and that if the evidence respecting it is in conflict and is such that ordinary minds might draw different conclusions therefrom, then a question of fact is presented for the jury to determine.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. McDowall v. Walters
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.