Jones v. Winston’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
1
states following
September 1995
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Arceneaux v. Domingue · 373 So. 2d 498 - Reck v. Stevens · Loescher v. Parr · 388 So. 2d 737 - Jones v. CITY OF BATON ROUGE, ETC. · Bryant v. Ouachita Coca-Cola Bottling Company
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`A motorist approaching an intersection controlled by semaphore signals, who is favored by a green light, is entitled to assume that traffic approaching the intersection from either side on a red light will comply with the red light and respect his right of way.... The favored motorist is not obligated to look to his left or right before entering the intersection.... and will be held accountable only if he could have avoided the accident with the exercise of the slightest degree of care and fails to do so.... All that is required is that the favored motorist maintain a general observation of the controlled intersection....'”
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.