Knudson v. Hilzer’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
41 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 41 later decisions — most recently March 1999 · most notably Nehring v. Russell (1978), Hopkinson v. State (1983)
41 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 Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. · Johnson v. Soulis · Bluejacket v. Carney · State Ex Rel. Fawcett v. BOARD OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS · Snell v. Ruppert
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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““* * * When the defendant raised the defense that the plaintiff was a guest, the burden was shifted to plaintiff of establishing gross negligence or willfull [sic] and wanton misconduct causing plaintiff’s injuries. In an action by a guest against the driver, it is incumbent upon the guest to prove gross negligence on the driver’s part to support a cause of action. Fleming v. Lawson, 10 Cir. 1956, 240 F.2d 119 . * * *””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Nehring v. Russell“The question of negligence, whether nonexistent, slight or gross, is one of fact and if the evidence respecting it is in conflict and such that ordinarily might draw different conclusions, a question of fact for the jury to determine is presented.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Hozian v. Weathermon““* * * Gross negligence is an indifference to present legal duty and utter forgetfulness of legal obligations * * *.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.