Stringer v. Cooper’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 federal appellate · 10 state decisions

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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “We understand the rule to be that where the plaintiff is an invitee in a retail establishment, in that part open to customers and the public, and the plaintiff slips on some substance on the floor and falls, the plaintiff must show directly or by circumstances how it came to be there, and if the substance was not placed there by the defendant, then plaintiff must show directly or by circumstances how long the substance was on the floor. This is a reasonable rule.... Therefore, the matter of notice of defective condition, ... is an essential element of the plaintiff’s case. (Emphasis supplied).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gibson v. United States · Helen R. Gibson and Charles E. Gibson v. United States

2. “conduct was that of an ordinarily prudent person....”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. White v. Exxon Company of Usa · Judy C. White and Johnny L. White v. Exxon Company of U.S.A.