State v. I'ANSON’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
40 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 40 later decisions — most recently September 2019 · most notably Adams v. State (1976), 419 So. 2d 1071 - Department of Transp. v. Neilson (1982)
40 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2680
Relies on Dalehite v. United States · Indian Towing Company v. United States · Rayonier Incorporated v. United States a Arnhold · 69 Cal. 2d 782 - Johnson v. State of California · Eastern Air Lines, Inc. v. Union Trust Co.
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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““A person or corporation having a . . . tort claim against the state may bring an action against the state in superior court. .. . However, no action may be brought under this section if the claim (1) is an action for tort, and based upon the exercise or performance or the failure to exercise or perform a discretionary function or duty on the part of a state agency or an employee of the state, whether or not the discretion involved is abused . ...””
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Adams v. State · Jennings v. State“... it is the duty of the highway department to construct and maintain the highways ... reasonably safe for a traveler himself exercising ordinary care; a highway will be deemed safe within these requirements if it may be negotiated successfully by all but the very reckless and careless drivers, there being no obligation to construct and maintain highways so as to insure the safety of such drivers. (emphasis added)”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Kaatz · State v. Guinn““Thus, the appropriate standard of care required of [the state] and its agents was to use reasonable care to keep the highway in a safe condition for the reasonably prudent traveler.””
2 later decisions 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.