LeGrande v. Misner’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
16 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 16 later decisions — most recently March 1999
16 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 Fugate v. Mayor and City Council of Town of Buffalo · McKee v. Pacific Power and Light Company · Kalman v. Western Union Telegraph Company · McCamon v. Darnall Realty
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ * * * there is no liability for injuries from dangers that are obvious, reasonably apparent, or as well-known to the person injured as they are to the owner of the facilities in question. [Citations.]” 417 P.2d at 427 .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““* * * The judgment sought [by a motion for summary judgment] shall be rendered forthwith if the pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, and admissions on file, together with the affidavits, if any, show that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law. * * *” Rule 56(c), Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The reason I fell was because my feet went out from under me. I slipped and lost my balance, and fell backwards.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Bluejacket v. Carney
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.