Morehead v. Poland’s Empirical Analysis
457 F.2d 694 · 1972
Citation profile
3 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on 37 Ill. 2d 494 - Pedrick v. Peoria & Eastern Railroad · 37 Ill. 2d 596 - Calvetti v. Seipp · 344 Ill. App. 287 - Murphy v. Kumler · 24 Ill. App. 2d 192 - Tomlinson v. Chapman · 106 Ill. App. 2d 55 - Heuer v. Goldberg
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'certainly it is the duty of the defendant to show that he was in that situation because of some particular reason other than his own negligence.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.