46 Wis. 2d 337 - Copeland v. Larson’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 49 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 57 later decisions — most recently February 1996 · most notably 93 Wis. 2d 433 - Wirth v. Ehly (1980), 70 Wis. 2d 836 - Antoniewicz v. Reszczynski (1975)
8 federal appellate · 49 state decisions — followed in 10 states
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Mills v. Alabama · 31 Wis. 2d 119 - Szafranski v. Radetzky · 41 Wis. 2d 473 - Scheeler v. Bahr · Greenfield v. Miller · Rogers v. City of Oconomowoc
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 57 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“... does not thereby extend any assurance that the premises are safe for such purpose, ...”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“... prospective customers through permitting the use of their swimming facilities”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“29.68 LIABILITY OF LANDOWNERS. (1) SAFE FOR ENTRY; NO WARNING. An owner, lessee or occupant of premises owes no duty to keep the premises safe for entry or use by others for hunting, fishing, trapping, camping, hiking, snowmobiling, berry picking, water sports, sight-seeing, cutting or removing wood, climbing of observation towers or recreational purposes, or to give warning of any unsafe condition or use of or structure or activity on the premises to persons entering for such purpose, except as provided in sub. (3). 18 * * * 19 * * * 20 (3) LIABILITY. This section does not limit the liability which would otherwise exist: 21 (a) For wilful or malicious failure to guard or to warn against a dangerous condition, use, structure or activity.”
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.