Long v. REA Express Co.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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. ““INSTRUCTION NO. 4 Your verdict must be for plaintiff Mary (Frankie) Baugh if you believe: First, defendant’s automobile came into collision with the rear of plaintiff’s automobile, and Second, defendant was thereby negligent, and Third, as a direct result of such collision, plaintiff sustained damage. MAI 17.16” “INSTRUCTION NO. 5 Your verdict must be for plaintiff Margie McGowan if you believe: First, defendant’s automobile came into collision with the rear of the automobile in which plaintiff was a passenger, and Second, defendant was thereby negligent, and Third, as a direct result of such collision, plaintiff sustained damage. MAI 17.16” “INSTRUCTION NO. 6 Your verdict must be for defendant on plaintiffs’ claims for damages if you do not believe defendant was negligent as submitted in Instruction Numbers 4 and 5 and that plaintiffs sustained damage as a direct result thereof. MAI 33.02(5) Modified” “INSTRUCTION NO. 9 You are instructed that a separate verdict must be returned with respect to each plaintiff. * * * ” (Instruction No. 9 then sets forth the various forms of verdicts. MAI 36.08)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. McGowan v. Hoffman