State v. Hamilton’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
July 1986
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on McGuire v. Steel Transportation Co. · Wines v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. · Henry v. S. Liebovitz & Sons, Inc. · Miles v. Gaddy · Stemme Ex Rel. Stemme v. Siedhoff
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It is true that the rules of the road are not absolute and that extenuating circumstances may excuse violations thereof. Civil case have so held. [Citations omitted.] ... [T]he more widely-held view, accepted by Missouri Courts, is that circumstances which constitute justification for violation of traffic statutes are those which present a traveler with no reasonable alternative ... Missouri case law states that the rules of the road must bend for “unusual or emergency” situations and circumstances ... Id. at 695.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“1. All vehicles not in motion shall be placed with their right side as near to the right-hand side of the highway as practicable, ...”
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.