Impson v. Structural Metals, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1972
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 51 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 57 later decisions — most recently August 2015 · most notably Carter v. William Sommerville and Son, Inc. (1979), Murray v. O & a Express, Inc. (1982)
6 federal appellate · 51 state decisions
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 Davis v. State · Hammer v. Dallas Transit Company · Christy v. Blades · Pon Lip Chew v. Gilliland · Structural Metals, Inc. v. Impson
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.
“(a) the violation is reasonable because of the actor’s incapacity; (b) the actor neither knows nor should know of the occasion for compliance; (c) the actor is unable after reasonable diligence or care to comply; (d) the actor is confronted by an emergency not due to his own misconduct; (e) compliance would involve a greater risk of harm to the actor or to others.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Requested Special Issue No. 7 asked: “Do you find that the Defendant’s driver started his vehicle and entered the roadway when such movement could not be made with safety? You are instructed that Article 6701(d) [6701d] of the Revised Civil Statutes, Section 67, provides, ‘No person shall start a vehicle which is stopped, standing or parked unless and until such movement can be made with safety.’ Section 68 of the same article states that, ‘No person shall otherwise turn a vehicle from a direct course or move right or left on a roadway unless and until such movement can be made with safety.’ By such statutes, the legislature established a standard of care applicable to the whole public, including the Defendant driver, and his failure to comply with such statutes was negligence. Answer: ‘We do’ or ‘We do not’ Answer: _””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““All of the above matters fall within the realm of ordinary care, — or lack of care. The driver made his move deliberately, with knowledge of the law and with at least notice of the presence of the highway intersection. There was no impossibility, no reason for any particular hurry, no emergency, and no incapacity. The problem of greater risk of harm is not involved. If there was an emergency, it was only after the statutory violation had begun, and was due in large part to his own deliberate conduct.” 487 S.W.2d 694 at 697 .”
1 later decision 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.