Jones v. Blair’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 19 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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[a]n employee acts within the scope of his employment when the employer has the right to direct the means and manner of doing work, and has the right of control over the employee.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Carol Teebo v. City of Shenandoah, Iowa · Heuton v. Anderson

2. “(1) anything that would make it impossible to comply with the statute or ordinance; (2) anything over which the driver has no control which places the driver’s motor vehicle in a position contrary to the provisions of the statute or ordinance; (3) where the driver of the motor vehicle is confronted by an emergency not of the driver’s own making, and by reason of such an emergency, the driver fails to obey the statute; and (4) where a statute specifically provides an excuse or exception.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Rowling v. Sims

3. “Id . Jones held that an employee's receipt of travel reimbursement, without more, did not establish a jury question as to whether the employee was under the control of his employer when he caused an accident while returning home after completing a repair job. Id . at 355-56. The city rests its appeal on Jones . Urging the appropriateness of summary judgment, the city contends it”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Carol Teebo v. City of Shenandoah, Iowa