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376 So. 2d 360 - Dore v. Cunningham’s Empirical Analysis

1979

Citation profile

5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
November 2006
most recently cited

5 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on 328 So. 2d 367 - Cates v. Beauregard Electric Cooperative, Inc. · 365 So. 2d 471 - LeJeune v. Allstate Ins. Co. · 353 So. 2d 1293 - Frank v. Pitre · 368 So. 2d 1176 - Kane v. Braquet

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

  1. “"While it is true that Dean Prosser describes causation as a jury question, the Louisiana Supreme Court has approved the granting of summary judgment even in contributory negligence cases where reasonable men could not differ. Cates v. Beauregard Electric Cooperative, Inc., 328 So.2d 367 (La., 1976)."”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “a significant and substantial role in causing”
    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.