544 So. 2d 900 - Laymon v. Braddock’s Empirical Analysis

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7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"We interpret the words 'furnishes and furnishing' in § 6-5-70 to extend liability under § 6-5-70 to a seller or furnisher of spirituous liquors, who, from the totality of the circumstances, must reasonably infer that the person to whom the spirituous liquor is sold or furnished will permit a minor to consume some of this spirituous liquor."”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Moreland v. Jitney Jungle, Inc. · 560 So. 2d 1030 - Parker v. Miller Brewing Co.

2. “"It is not for us to surmise why, at the beginning of this century, the Legislature, in what is now § 6-5-70, restricted the right of action to an action against one `who unlawfully sells or furnishes spirituous liquors to [a] minor' (which language, according to the definitions of spirituous liquors, would not include wine or beer), and permits, in § 6-5-71, a right of action against one who unlawfully sells, gives, or otherwise disposes of any liquors or beverages that cause intoxication. The Legislature did so, and it is for us to interpret, not to rewrite, such legislation; but it is for us to bring this to the attention of the present Legislature for its evaluation, since, to the judicial mind, it would seem that wine and beer should be included in § 6-5-70."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 603 So. 2d 889 - McLeod v. Cannon Oil Corp. · 578 So. 2d 1221 - Espey v. Convenience Marketers

3. “'[T]he person injured by the illegal sale of alcoholic beverages is not held to the usual standards of proof of causal connection between the illegal sale of the beverages and the injury.' " Quoting Phillips v. Derrick , 36 Ala. App. 244 , 246 , 54 So.2d 320 , 321 (1951). Generally, liability will be imposed only when the wrong is the "proximate cause”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. ATTALLA GOLF & CTY. CLUB v. Harris · 560 So. 2d 1030 - Parker v. Miller Brewing Co.