Duncan v. Ferrell’s Empirical Analysis
1967
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
October 1976
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 37 Tenn. App. 40 - Shew v. Bailey · Vaughn v. Dotson
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““So we ask ourselves the question, what had the plaintiff done outside of taking his seat on a motorcycle designed to carry two people, as provided by T.C. A. Section 59-865 and Municipal Ordinance Section 1708, or what had he failed to do which would justify the defense of remote contributory negligence, contributory negligence or assumption of risk?””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Ketron v. Gray““The Court charges you that a motorcycle in and of itself, absent of other factors is not a dangerous instrumentality, and negligence is not to be inferred from the mere use of a motorcycle as a means of transportation.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Tutor v. Bingham
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.