Pointer v. Klamath Falls Land Co.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 9 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ ... we think it reasonably well settled that, where either negligence, recklessness, or carelessness constitute the ultimate fact for the jury to decide, it is not competent for an expert witness to express an opinion upon that ultimate fact.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Lee Moor Contracting Co. v. Blanton

2. ““Would you consider it careless, reckless, or negligent to stand upon a wagon loaded with lumber, upon which there is no seat, driving four horses up a street with an incline and making a turn?””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Richardson v. Klamath S. S. Co.

3. ““We are inclined to think that the testimony of skilled drivers as to the proper and customary position of a driver, under the circumstances detailed, is admissible.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Silver Falls Timber Co. v. Eastern & Western Lumber Co.