Carter v. Harrison’s Empirical Analysis
1969
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
February 1989
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Biggers v. Continental Bus System, Inc. · Lynch v. Ricketts · De Winne v. Allen · Porter v. Puryear · Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. Martin
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Regardless of the wording of the issue, ‘The rule prevails that if negligence on the part of the person injured contributed to the injuries, he is not entitled to recover for such injuries.’ McFall v. Fletcher, 138 Tex. 93 , 157 S.W.2d 131, 133 (1941).””
1 later decision quote this exact passage““The present Court has inherited the well established common' law principle that contributory negligence proximately causing injury is a bar to recovery against a negligent defendant. The comparative degree of negligence is not material.””
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.