Hanson v. Luft’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

24 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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The lessee’s knowledge is in effect imputed to the person injured, or rather, perhaps, it is the lessee’s duty, not the lessor’s, to inform persons, entering on the premises by the former’s invitation or permission, of the dangerous condition. A different rule, requiring the lessor to give such information to every person whom the lessee may allow upon the premises, would impose on the lessor the duties of an occupant while divested of the benefits, and would in effect prevent the leasing of any premises in which there is a concealed source of danger to persons who might enter thereon.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lemley Ex Rel. Lemley v. Penner

2. ““It has been held in a number of cases in other jurisdictions that where premises are let to the parents of children with conditions existing which present a patent and obvious danger of injury to such children the duty of protecting the children from such obvious dangers rests upon the parents who have elected to become tenants of such premises with knowledge of the condition of the danger to their children; and that the landlord cannot be held liable for injuries suffered by the children from such obvious and patent dangers.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lemley Ex Rel. Lemley v. Penner