441 So. 2d 5 - Johnson v. Larson’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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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. “"This brings us to the crucial question in the case sub judice; i.e., were these factors present in this case? As we examine the essential facts we conclude that the factors which created liability of the officers in Curry [ v. Iberville Parish Sheriff's Office, 405 So.2d 1387 (La.App. 1st Cir.1981)], Duvernay [ v. State Through Dept. of Public Safety, 433 So.2d 254 (La.App. 1st Cir.1983)] and LeJeune [ v. Allstate Ins. Co., 365 So.2d 471 (La.1978)] are not present in this case. "In brief, plaintiff acknowledges that he was unable to find any jurisprudence creating a duty under the peculiar circumstances of the present case; we, also, cannot find any such supporting case law. "On the night of the accident in question, the weather was clear and dry. The highway, at that area, was straight and slightly rolling; there were no obstructions to vision on the highway. When the deputies approached the two parked vehicles, each was parked on the shoulder of the road, completely clear of the travel lanes. Both cars' lights were burning and Rhodes had turned on her emergency lights.... "The two well-lighted vehicles parked upon the shoulder, completely clear of the travel lanes of the highway, created no obvious, dangerous condition for anyone using the highway in a reasonable manner. The deputies could not be expected to anticipate that a driver of a vehicle, under the circumstances presented, would leave the main travel portion of the highway and strike a vehicle parked on the shoulde”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Suhr v. Felter

2. “This brings us to the crucial question in the case sub judice; i.e., were these factors present in this case? As we examine the essential facts we conclude that the factors which created liability of the officers in Curry [ v. Iberville Parish Sheriff's Office, 405 So.2d 1387 (La.App. 1st Cir.1981)], Duvernay [ v. State Through Dept. of Public Safety, 433 So.2d 254 (La.App. 1st Cir.1983)] and LeJeune [ v. Allstate Ins. Co., 365 So.2d 471 (La.1978)] are not present in this case.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Suhr v. Felter

3. “On the night of the accident in question, the weather was clear and dry. The highway, at that area, was straight and slightly rolling; there were no obstructions to vision on the highway. When the deputies approached the two parked vehicles, each was parked on the shoulder of the road, completely clear of the travel lanes. Both cars' lights were burning and Rhodes had turned on her emergency lights....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Suhr v. Felter