Smith v. Murphy’s Empirical Analysis
1960
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
March 1969
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 37 Tenn. App. 40 - Shew v. Bailey · 27 Tenn. App. 731 - Tri-State Transit Co. of Louisiana, Inc. v. Duffey · Perry v. Carter · Halfacre v. Hart
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ (b) When two (2) vehicles enter an intersection from different highways at approximately the same time, the driver of the vehicle on the left shall yield the right-of-way to the vehicle on the right. ’ ’”
2 later decisions 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.